Today I completed the Right Wing ribs for the most part. I put a post on VAF regarding conduit sizes. I was unable to locate 3/4″ conduit locally so I want to use 1″. But im not sure if the structure will support the hole size. Getting the rivets in wasn’t so much a hassle, but the bolts were difficult in figuring out what went where as its so tiny. Tomorrow I plan on finishing up the left wing and starting the rear spar.
I have recently discovered how the egyptions built those pyramids and it really works. I had 4 people + me scuffing, deburring, and cleaning the wing ribs. I think we got all of them done in under 2 hours. After they dried a bit in direct 90 degree sunlight. I blindly primed all these ribs. I was able to get everything primed with just shy of 2 1/2 cans of primer. Which was good as I was running on empty on the last rib. Tomorrow I am going to call SEM and see how to become a dealer so I can get this stuff cheaper. I buy it buy the case 2 or 3 at a time and no one will offer price breaks. I also ordered the SafeAir1 kit from Avery today as well as some other bits and pieces. Those should be here in 2 days.
im pretty tired and i forget what these are called, but here it is.
all the ribs mounted on the spars ready to rivet.
i also drilled out the pitot holes to 3/8″ of an inch. The plans call for 7/16 but the SafeAir1 kit uses smaller snap bushings. I also had to add a 2nd hole for the AOA line. I just measured 1″ x 1″ off the edge. I*HOPE* this does not cause an interference issue in the future.
Tomorrow I am going to try to locate some 3/4″ innerduct for the cable run. If I cannot find any I will see if I can use the 1″ that I have laying around.
No pictures today. Just started scuffing parts.
I have to admit, this was probably the most confusion section yet. You would think all the -L parts would go on the left wing and all the -R parts would go on the right. That is not the case. The parts are mixed up every which way possible. I didn’t take alot of pictures today. I started off by cutting & fabricating W1029C angle, W1029D & W1029E spacers for both left & right wings. Next I started working on the W1029A-L Torque Tube Support bracket. This part was very difficult to get aligned into the W1010R rib. From here I decided to work on the left wing only for now. Next I drilled & cleco’d the Flap attach brackets to the ribs required. After that, i cleco’d all the ribs to the main spar. Once I had the left wing ribs mounted I marked each rib starting from the root 1 through 15. Then I proceeded with the right wing. Rinse Wash Repeat. These were marked 16 – through 30. After all this was set, I began drilling all the #12 holes, followed by match drilling the #30 & 40 holes.
Next I realized I needed to order some parts, such as the Pitot tubing & conduit. I created a nice shopping cart of stuff I wanted & needed. I’ll call Avery in the morning to place the order.
Today I finished up the main spars. I started by drilling all the #40 holes near the end of the spar as well as some #30 holes. After countersinking I attached some nut plates and began with the tie down brackets. this was pretty easy.
can you see what i forgot?
Next I bolted the brackets to the main spar using some AN3-5A bolts. During this process I also attached the W823PP Aileron Bellcrank brackets. Once I got done with the Left main spar I began with the right Right spar. After getting the bracket on and a few rivets driven. I noticed I missed 2 rivets on the nut plates. So after carefully drilling the rivets out. I placed the last 2 rivets and finished mounting the tie down bracket.
Since this was done I cleaned up a little bit around the shop and then started pulling parts for the next section.
After spending a week in NC, I got back at it and finished counter sinking. Talk about one long tedious process. I can’t imagine the tanks being this bad.
Today I finished countersinking the nut plate holes. Next I riveted all the nut plates on. Then I began the tedious process of counter sinking the skin rivet holes. I was able to finish one side of one spar before calling it a night. No pictures today as it wasnt that exciting.
Today I drilled all the remaining #40 holes on the spars. Next I focused on the left spar and kind of skipped around a bit. As I didn’t want to keep adjusting the microstop, I countersunk all the nut plate holes. I had to do a search on VAF that as part of the instructions were confusing. Basically there are 7 holes on each side of the spar that need to be countersunk, but wasnt quite clear. Well this was getting quite boring so I riveted the nut plates on after every so many counter sinks. After riveting all the nut plates on the left spar I called it a night. Tomorrow I anticipate finishing the right spar as well as all the countersinking on both spars.
Today I spent the day making and match drilling the J-Stiffeners. A lot of the time involved with this was making sure that the stiffeners were 1/16″ of an inch over the top of the spar. This took quite some time and I called it a day afterwards.
After cleaning up today I decided to go about making the wing stand. It was a bit confusing as some of the details in the plans were left out, but we managed to figure it out. I did add one 2×4 to this stand that is not called for. It literally is just the scrap of the remaining 2x4x8 piece. This will remaining here till i install the leading edge.
The main spars waiting to be worked on
First thing that needs to get done is the wing spar extension.
Its pretty quick to get to primer here. These parts are ready to attach.
everything riveted together
at this point i called it a night