Wings
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 7
Began up drilling wing tip and forward skin to #30 Hours Worked: 1.17
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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…
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 5
Clecoed in place RH Root Doubler and drilled skins in preparation of root Rib installation Hours Worked: 1.18
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Root Rib Prep – Part 1
Creation of -02, -03, -04, and -05 angles from scrap and installation of RH root ribs in place Hours Worked: 3.05
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 4
Finished drilling upper and lower RH Aft skins to main spar and clecoed forward skin fully to wing. Cinched forward skin into place using rachet straps and blanketed 2×4. All RH skins in place and drilled to #40. Still need to drill lower aileron Bell crank stabilizer to lower skin and drill out wing tie…
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 3
Drilled RH upper aft wing skin to main spar and clecoed leading edge in place. First glance at fit looks good Hours Worked: 1.09
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Pitot Mount Skin Doubler – Part 2
Drilled skin doubler to rib #5 and clecoed in place using mock skin section. Drilled and countersunk pitot mount in preparation for nutplates. Final drilling to occur once lower forward skin is clecoed in place. Creation of -08 Tubing Support Plates from scrap. Added extra 3/8″ hole on plates for wing wiring bundle to help…
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Pitot Mount Skin Doubler – Part 1
Began creating skin doubler for AN5812 pitot Mount from .032 scrap skin. Pitot Mount profile cut in doubler and holes laid out for test fit. Doubler to mount to outboard (flat) side of #5 rib and get sandwiched between wing skin and mount Hours Worked: 1.88