To start the night, I rounded off the front edges of the flap brackets. The brackets had already been primed, but the part that I
Riveting again!
Author: Ed
Finished priming the wing ribs
Prime Time
Yup. Time to don the respirator mask and gloves once again. Looking like I just stepped out of an episode of “Breaking Bad”, I wiped
Putting in time
I got some real time into the ribs today, even tough you couldn’t tell by looking at it. All the ribs were match drilled to
I need to move somewhere cooler than Minnesota…
I hear Antarctica is nice this time of year. Again, I forced myself into the oven I call a garage to make forward progress. There are a
Wing Ribs, Part deux
It’s been too hot to work on the plane lately (I really need AC in my garage)… but after a few days of no progress,
Starting the ribs
I finished up the spars this morning, had lunch, and thought… I should work on the plane! I actually had to hang around the house
Spars are done
Today, I was able to get the spar extensions riveted on, the last few net plates attached, and the wing tie downs bolted/riveted on. Next
Sooooo much countersinking
I spent all day countersinking today. All those holes in the spars needed to be countersunk as the wing skins will sit flush against the
The wings begin
Today marks the first day of work on the wings. It was a day of a lot of drilling and a lot of head scratching.