Wings
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LH Wing Assembly – Part 2
Finished pilot drilling upper aft wing skin to wing rib assembly including main spar row. Flipped wing over, re-leveled, and fit/pilot drilled lower wing skin to rib assembly. Aileron bell crank supports drilled and clecoed into upper aft skin. Hours Worked: 5.38
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Trimming Wing Skins – Part 4
Trimmed upper and lower LH wing skins per conversion plans Hours Worked: 0.65
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LH Wing Assembly – Part 1
Upper aft skin aligned into place. Began pilot drilling skin starting at center of rear spar and working outwards Hours Worked: 1.85
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LH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 1
Assembled LH ribs to main spar and clecoed in place. Rear spar attached to aft ribs and up drilled to #30. Rear spar set at 19″ from wing station and locked into place with brace. Forward and aft ribs up drilled to #30 at main spar Hours Worked: 2.32
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 12
RH root doubler deburred and clecoed onto wing. Wing tip clecoed into place as well Hours Worked: 0.43
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 11
Finished up RH wing assembly by riveting forward wing skin onto wing. Started with top side, riveted entire side (starting at main spar then working to leading edge) then flipped wing and repeated process on bottom side. Left forward-most row of rivets on top side until bottom side of wing skin was clecoed into place.…
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 10
Finished dimpling forward wing skin and moved onto riveting RH upper and lower aft wing skins into place. Did not rivet row on main spar or rows where root doubler will be. Hours Worked: 3.88
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Pitot Mount Prep – Part 3
Nut plates installed on Pitot mount. Pitot controller remounted to #4 rib with 632R6 screws. Pitot tube mocked up in bracket and lines bent to offset connections above inspection plate. Tygon tubing ran through support plates. White indicates pitot line and yellow indicates AOA line. Pitot tube mount screws still need to be drilled and…
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RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 5
Riveted rear spar onto wing box. RH wing rib installation complete Hours Worked: 0.58
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 9
Bolted and riveted RH root rib assembly into place. Bolts in rear spar removed to allow riveting of the aft root rib to the rear spar attach angle. Deburred all holes in upper and lower aft wing skins. Both sides scotchbrited and cleaned with acetone. Wing tiedown bolt installed in main wing spar mount and…
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RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 4
Completed prep and installation of #1 and #2 forward/aft ribs and installation onto main spar. Tubing support plate installed on both forward ribs. Dimpling skipped on #1 forward rib per plans in preparation of doubler installation. Hours Worked: 0.90
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Root Rib Prep – Part 2
Disassembled RH forward and aft root ribs and angles, prepared holes and ribs, and riveted parts together. Assembly ready for installation on main spar Hours Worked: 0.85