With the Aileron Stiffeners trimmed in the previous session, we started clecoing them to the Aileron skins. I marked them prior to attaching them to the Aileron, but I found that is actually a stupid method. During drilling I found that there is one hole extra in the bottom side […]
Prior starting to the Ailerons, we finished some last details on the wings. My dad checked all bolts one more time and sealed them with Torque Seal. That is NOT Lock Tite ore something similar, but just to “mark” the bolt as being Torqued (and not loosened again). Next task […]
Yet another major step in the wing assembly, riveting the top sin to the left wing. Although the 500+ rivets sound like a lot of work, once both the riveter and bucker have the routine down, it’s actually going very fast. There are about 4 different lengths of flush rivets […]
With the top skin riveted to the right wing, I started attaching the Aileron brackets, the aileron fairing and the flap brace. I also worked on the push rods. Scuffing the 167 cm Aluminum push rods with Scotch Brite pad results in beautiful push rods and great hands. I love […]
Finally we can start riveting the top skin to the wings. We start with the right wing. Many tasks can be done by yourself, but riveting the skins to the wing is really hard if not impossible. There are places that would be really hard to reach if you do […]
To conveniently rivet the top skins to the wings, I decided to mount the main spar higher to the wing stand.However I still need to attach the leading edge (including the tank) to the right wing. First step is clecoing the leading edge to the main spar of the right […]
The last few days, I pondered the location and routing of the pitot tube and its tubing. I bought a Dynon pitot-tube and Angle of Attack indicator on a Gretz boom instead of the standard Van’s pitot tube and the stall warner. Question is where to place this pitot-tube. Too […]