Wings

  • RH Wing Assembly – Part 10

    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

  • Pitot Mount Prep – Part 3

    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…

  • RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 5

    RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 5

    Riveted rear spar onto wing box. RH wing rib installation complete Hours Worked: 0.58

  • RH Wing Assembly – Part 9

    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…

  • RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 4

    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

  • Root Rib Prep – Part 2

    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

  • RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 3

    RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 3

    Took apart RH wing box down to spars. Deburred and cleaned both main and rear spar. Began assembling wing ribs starting from #12 and working inboard. Deburred all holes in both forward and aft ribs, scotchbrited scratches, and cleaned with acetone. Forward ribs had holes dimpled for forward skin. Forward/Aft ribs #3-#12 complete. Lightning holes…

  • Pitot Mount Prep – Part 2

    Pitot Mount Prep – Part 2

    Removed pitot mount doubler plate from #5 rib and deburred/dimpled all holes. Doubler plate riveted to rib. Installed Dynon heated pitot controller to outboard side of #4 rib using K1000-06 nutplates (x4) and AN526-632R8 screws Hours Worked: 0.75

  • RH Wing Assembly – Part 8

    RH Wing Assembly – Part 8

    Finished up drilling upper/lower aft and forward RH wing skins. Removed upper aft wing skin and forward wing skin to drill aileron bell crank attach angles into aft lower wing skin and began drilling wing tiedown attach bolt hole. Hole is currently drilled up to 3/8″ and needs to be upsized to 23/32″ once skin…

  • Pitot Mount Prep – Part 1

    Pitot Mount Prep – Part 1

    With forward skin up drilled and clecoed into place, transferred pitot mount main hole and doubler plate rivet holes into forward skin. Also drilled 1/4″ pitot mount bracket holes in doubler and forward skin. Cut out 4″ diameter access hole between #4 and #5 rib. Plan to mount pitot control box on outboard side of…

  • RH Wing Assembly – Part 7

    RH Wing Assembly – Part 7

    Began up drilling wing tip and forward skin to #30 Hours Worked: 1.17

  • RH Wing Assembly – Part 6

    RH Wing Assembly – Part 6

    Trimmed fiberglass tip rib per supplemental instructions and clecoed into place. Did not fasten to main spar support angle but riveted to rear angle. Little bit of a gap on upper part of leading edge to be fixed with fiberglass at a later time. Created aileron and flap hinge halves and clecoed into place. Discovered…