Wings
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RH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 2
Squared wing on level workbench using scrap wood and 3 levels chordwise. Levels blocked up with 2×4 on rear spar to ensure contact with spar cap peak. Up drilled aft ribs to rear spar holes and clecoed into place. Hours Worked: 2.72
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Wing Rib Prep – Part 6
Finished riveting -03 and -04 forward ribs. Hours Worked: 0.55
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Wing Rib Prep – Part 5
Finished up trimming, match-drilling, and deburring -03 and -04 ribs. Still need to rivet. -08 and -09 forward root ribs completed Hours Worked: 2.53
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Wing Rib Gussets
Determined pre-existing -06 and -07 gussets were from outdated plans and needed to be scrapped. New -06 and -07 gussets cut, drilled, and bent from template using scrap .025 sheet. Finished trimming -01 and -02 forward ribs and clecoed to spars. Hours Worked: 5.37
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Wing Rib Spacers – Part 2
Mockup assembly of aft ribs, center spacers, and web spacers to spars and all pilot holes drilled through components. Creation of “skin simulators”. Need to check rib position yet. RH aileron bell crank assembly lubricated with white lithium. Hours Worked: 3.23
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Wing Rib Prep – Part 4
Finished up drilling and riveting gussets to aft ribs #1 – #4. W16 complete! Hours Worked: 1.70
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Wing Rib Spacers – Part 1
Creation of -02 and -03 spacers from stock Hours Worked: 1.30
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Wing Rib Prep – Part 3
Began up drilling -01 through -04 ribs with gussets and finished riveting cut end of -01L Hours Worked: 1.05
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 4
Drilling of holes in -13L/R and -14L/R vertical channels. Both -10 bell crank assemblies created. Two washers per assembly needed to get castle nut aligned properly. Completed -01L including final riveting and lubrication of pivot with white lithium grease. -08 clip heights on vertical stiffeners set by using right angle from rib face. -01R clecoed…
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 5
Used Loctite 638 retaining compound to hold Symmco bearings into place; worked very well. Assembled together angles to create pivot assembly then added -10 bell crank assembly and completed final riveting onto -01R to complete #9 rib assembly. Will let Loctite harden before greasing with white lithium per plans. Hours Worked: 1.71
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 3
Machined -06 and -07 angles from template and press fit Symmco bearings to create -02L assembly. (8) -09 clips cut from Z01-03 stock, drilled and completed, and -13/-14 channels cut (but not yet drilled). Hours Worked: 3.75
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 2
Cut new blanks for -03 and -04 and cut out angles. Mated together angles and up drilled bolt hole through -05 spacer block. Symmco bushings are just a little loose in holes so will need to apply Loctite 638 before final assembly. Hours Worked: 1.34