
RH Wing Assembly – Part 12
RH root doubler deburred and clecoed onto wing. Wing tip clecoed into place as well Hours Worked: 0.43
Build Log for Sonex 0849B

RH root doubler deburred and clecoed onto wing. Wing tip clecoed into place as well Hours Worked: 0.43

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

Replaced light retainer nutplates for #8 screws on RH landing light mount and reinstalled Hours Worked: 0.38

Riveted rear spar onto wing box. RH wing rib installation complete Hours Worked: 0.58

Completed prep and installation of #1 and #2 forward/aft ribs and installation onto main spar. Tubing support plate installed on both forward ribs. Dimpling skipped on #1 forward rib per plans in preparation of doubler installation. Hours Worked: 0.90

Disassembled RH forward and aft root ribs and angles, prepared holes and ribs, and riveted parts together. Assembly ready for installation on main spar Hours Worked: 0.85