
Wing Leveling Stand
Creation of wing support stands. Rear spar pillar is 3″ high with 10 degree slope. Main spar pillar is 1.5″ high with 5 degree slope. Pads carpeted to protect skin Hours Worked: 0.83
Build Log for Sonex 0849B
Creation of wing support stands. Rear spar pillar is 3″ high with 10 degree slope. Main spar pillar is 1.5″ high with 5 degree slope. Pads carpeted to protect skin Hours Worked: 0.83
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…
Installed nut plates in RH Ribs 11 and 12, trimmed mount plate per instructions, and installed in RH wing. Hours Worked: 1.90
Trimming of SNX-W19-02 to create SNX-WC01-05 Hours Worked: 0.38
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…
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…
Trimmed legacy upper wing skin per conversion plans. Trimmed with Andy snips and deburred cut edge with die grinder Hours Worked: 0.75
Mockup of forward ribs on R/L wing Hours Worked: 1.32
Finished riveting -03 and -04 forward ribs. Hours Worked: 0.55
Creation of workbench extender to add 4 feet to current workbench. Attaches via (2) 1/2″ bolts and is removable Hours Worked: 1.72
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
Determined pre-existing -06 and -07 gussets were from outdated plans and needed to be scrapped.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…