Build Log

I got most of the work done. Brendon seemed a bit out of it so I didn’t want to push him too much tonight to help me. Just have the top row of rivets to set and this leading edge will be fully installed.

The leading edge assemblies are now done. Now I just need to attach them to the wing assemblies.

More riveting. Not much to call out except I’ve been working my way forward per the instructions in the manual.

I got all of the dimpling and priming done today. I also got the first two rivets on each rib set as well. I staged some so I could move quicker tomorrow but we’ll see how much time I get tomorrow as I have quite a few church meetings on Read more…

I got all of the deburring done today. I also got all of the ribs, J channels, and the outside portions of the skins dimpled. I setup the C frame to start dimpling the interior holes on the skins since it has the longer reach. Once I’m done with the Read more…

I know it sounds boring but I find it relaxing getting these pieces cleaned up so they are smooth lol. I got all of the skins and the J channel stiffeners done and I’m a little over halfway done on the ribs. I forgot I needed to get the flanges Read more…

After my guitar lesson tonight I got a good amount of time to get some work done. I deburred all of the holes on the right leading edge and also got the countersinking done for the splice strip. I hope to get some time tomorrow to at least get some Read more…

I double checked a large handful of holes and they are definitely final sized which saves me about and hour to an hour and a half of work. I did drill the screw holes as those were not final sized. I didn’t get much time tonight as my son and Read more…

I got all of the ribs assembled into the leading edge skins today. I need to go back and smooth the forward edges some more on more of the ribs but I can do that when I’m disassembling them. I also got the J channels installed and match drilled them Read more…