Today I received a letter from Van’s notifying me that my wing kit will ship on the week of June 2nd. This give me about 7-8 weeks to get ready for the wings. I started off by cleaning the stiffeners and longerons that I finished yesterday and finished with priming them. I had to stop for a bit while I sold a motorcycle and went to flying lessons. It was a bit bumpy but I got some landings in New Haven (KHVN) while it was incredibly busy. I thought the poor controller was going to pass out from all the talking he was doing. On the way back I got to do some instrument work for the first time. So far that seems easy.
When I got back i finished cleaning the rest of the stiffeners. While those were drying I prepped the remaining parts I had yet to scuff.
Once I had those parts primed, I started reviewing the drawings and see what I hadn’t done yet. The next thing I decided I was going to work on was the battery & bellcrank mount. This required separating a few pieces from 1 extrusion. There really wasn’t much to do here. I deburred all the edges, drilled holes to the proper size, and countersunk a few rivet holes. After priming I riveted the nut plates on.
ready for priming
all riveted
assembled
Tomorrow if I’m motivated, I will start working on the skins if I can’t find anything else to avoid working on them.