Since the last post we've made some good progress on the left wing. The spar and ribs are pretty much together at this minus a few key parts. I'm working around the items I'm waiting on the best I can to keep the project moving forward. The past week I have been a bit under the weather so no real progress in that area.
Once we got the empennage mostly together we started working on the right wing. I say "mostly together" because we do have a few parts here and there that we need to be able to close out the horizontal stabilizer, elevator and I'm working on some slight customization for the vertical stabilizer including the VOR antenna.
The wing's aren't too bad to assemble. The biggest problem I had so far is the torque setting on the wrench. I'm still fiddling with that to get it right. I'm missing the Flap Torque Tube Assembly which needs to go in before some of the ribs. I'm working around that at the moment but trying to get as much done in the process of waiting. I think I'm also missing one of the leading edge ribs, but I'm going to work on that this weekend by checking to see if the skin for the fuel tanks fit up to that point. If it does I may be mis-interpreting the build plans. We'll see.
Beyond that, this go-round was just a lot of removing the protective covering, cleaning the skins, deburring and assembly. Much of the next couple of weeks will be working on the left wing. I got the electrical wires and upgraded pitot tube ordered from Midwest Panels this week, so that will be a bit of a waiting game now.
What else? Let me know if there is anything I can answer questions on, or if you'd like to see more of anything during the build.
Once we got the empennage mostly together we started working on the right wing. I say "mostly together" because we do have a few parts here and there that we need to be able to close out the horizontal stabilizer, elevator and I'm working on some slight customization for the vertical stabilizer including the VOR antenna.
The wing's aren't too bad to assemble. The biggest problem I had so far is the torque setting on the wrench. I'm still fiddling with that to get it right. I'm missing the Flap Torque Tube Assembly which needs to go in before some of the ribs. I'm working around that at the moment but trying to get as much done in the process of waiting. I think I'm also missing one of the leading edge ribs, but I'm going to work on that this weekend by checking to see if the skin for the fuel tanks fit up to that point. If it does I may be mis-interpreting the build plans. We'll see.
Beyond that, this go-round was just a lot of removing the protective covering, cleaning the skins, deburring and assembly. Much of the next couple of weeks will be working on the left wing. I got the electrical wires and upgraded pitot tube ordered from Midwest Panels this week, so that will be a bit of a waiting game now.
What else? Let me know if there is anything I can answer questions on, or if you'd like to see more of anything during the build.
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