SNB-W07: Wing Box
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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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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 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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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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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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RH Wing Assembly – Part 2
Pilot drilled lower aft wing skin to rear spar and ribs; will wait to mockup leading edge before pilot drilling main spar. Used same process as upper aft wing skin and leveled multiple times throughout process. Still need to drill aileron rib stiffeners in lower skin and make inspection hole cover but will wait until…
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RH Wing Assembly – Part 1
RH wing re-leveled on workbench and aft spar location set at W.S. 19″ per plans. Aft upper wing skin match drilled to ribs starting at rear spar and worked forward towards main spar. Checked level again after upper aft skin clecoed in place and all looked good. Still need to drill forward spar. Hours Worked:…