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…
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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…
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 1
Cut blanks and made templates for -03, -04, -06, and -07 angles. Made an error drilling holes for -03 and -04 angles and will need to scrap angles and create two more blanks Hours Worked: 2.67
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Main Wing Spar Mating – Part 2
Inventory of Aircraft Spruce order and installation of the final rig plate bolt in the RH spar. W08 now complete Hours Worked: 0.74
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Wing Rib Prep – Part 2
Finished making -07 gussets and proceeded to prep aft wing ribs. All ribs prepped minus #9 aileron bell crank ribs. Test fit all ribs to spars and fit looks good; needed to do some slight trimming of -05 ribs to…
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Wing Rib Prep – Part 1
Began preparation of the aft wing ribs. Traced template of -07 and -08 gusset and transferred to .025″ sheet to cut out. Bends formed via vice and small mallet. -08 gussets completed. Hours Worked: 3.27
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Main Wing Spar Mating – Part 1
Mated spars together and up drilled alignment holes to 1/4″ per plans. Spars temporarily fastened together with AN4 hardware to drill wing attachment blocks. Holes drilled with drill press on ground and leveled by using 3/8″ bit and drill guide,…
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LH Main Spar Assembly – Part 6
Bolts inserted into LH spar and torqued. LH Main spar complete! Spar test fit and final drilling of alignment holes and wing attach blocks will be separated into WC02 task Hours Worked: 3.00
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LH Main Spar Assembly – Part 5
Finished up riveting LH main spar. Yet to complete bolts in wing attach blocks, lower stiffener, and outboard stiffener Hours Worked: 2.97
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LH Main Spar Assembly – Part 4
Final layup of LH main spar and start of riveting process. Riveted some flush rivets and bulk of mid-section of the spar. Only one oopsie. Hours Worked: 3.00