LH Landing Light – Part 1
Removed ribs #11 and #12 from LH wing assembly and installed #10 nutplates into rib. Also installed #6 grounding lug into #12 rib. Began trimming light mount plate and re assembled with clecoes Hours Worked: 1.57
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LH Wing Assembly – Part 2
Finished pilot drilling upper aft wing skin to wing rib assembly including main spar row. Flipped wing over, re-leveled, and fit/pilot drilled lower wing skin to rib assembly. Aileron bell crank supports drilled and clecoed into upper aft skin. Hours…
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LH Wing Assembly – Part 1
Upper aft skin aligned into place. Began pilot drilling skin starting at center of rear spar and working outwards Hours Worked: 1.85
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Trimming Wing Skins – Part 4
Trimmed upper and lower LH wing skins per conversion plans Hours Worked: 0.65
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LH Wing Rib Assembly – Part 1
Assembled LH ribs to main spar and clecoed in place. Rear spar attached to aft ribs and up drilled to #30. Rear spar set at 19″ from wing station and locked into place with brace. Forward and aft ribs up…
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Wing Storage Stand
Creation of wing stand from builders association plans Hours Worked: 2.42
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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 Landing Light – Part 5
RH lens trimmed, attached to lower retaining clip and installed in opening with sealant around opening. Little bit of a gap on inboard edge; will monitor for water intrusion. Needed to heat lens a little with heat gun to get…
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RH Landing Light – Part 4
Created lower retaining bracket per instruction manual; substituted solid rivets for pull type. Masked off landing light lens and fit into place. Began trimming lens for width and began trimming upper lip. Hours Worked: 1.35
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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…
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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…
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RH Wing Wiring
Created grounding lug in RH Rib #12 for tip light and landing light. Created RH wing wiring harness and routed through snap bushing in lightning holes and tubing support plates. Created new hole in main spar tip web to relocate…