Saturday, November 17, 2018

Wings, Flaps (Part 2)

This session started with clecoing the Left (x2) and Right (x2) Hinge Pair Rib Subassemblies together as shown in the plans excerpt below.  The FL-1004-L Nose Ribs and FL-1007-L Hinge Brackets make up the two Left Subassemblies and the FL-1004-R Nose Ribs and FL-1007-R Hinge Brackets make up the Right Subassemblies.  

Once clecoed together, Step 6 states to final-drill all the #30 holes common to both parts and the Spar Attach Flanges (completed in Part #1).  Here are the four completed Subassemblies.

Continuing on, the small tabs (shown in the hatched areas below) in the FL-1005-L & -R Main Ribs need to be removed.  I clamped the Ribs to my worktable and used my Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel to complete this process.  I then used a small fine hand file and 220 grit sandpaper to clean up the area.  Next, the #40 holes (17 in each Main Rib) and #30 holes (three in each Main Rib) were final-drill.

After that work was completed, I cleaned all the edges of the 16 Main Flap Ribs.  They are shown below and ready to be initially installed in their appropriate Flap (see below).

Alright, so all of the internal parts of the Left and Right Ribs have been completed and ready for the next step. The next step is to temporarily cleco other the Flaps as shown in the plans excerpt below.


Here is the Left Flap clecoed together as described above.


Thursday, November 15, 2018

Wings, Bottom Wing Skins (Part 15)

With all the nutplates installed during the previous session, it’s now time to install/ rivet the Bottom Inboard and Outboard Wing Skins for the Left and Right Wings.  To start, I have decided to start with the Right Wing.  According to the plans, there are 675 rivets that need to be installed to complete the Bottom Skins installation.  Since there are so many rivets to install, I decided not to publish a post every day regarding how many rivets that were set.  Instead, I kept track of all the rivets installed, when, and the length of the session.  I use this blog entry to encompass all the work sessions associate with the installation of the Bottom Wing Skins on the Right Wing.  I will use the same “format” for completing the Left Wing.

Friday, November 2nd:  53 Rivets


Saturday, November 3rd:  94 Rivets

Sunday, November 4th:  69 Rivets

Monday, November 5th:  55 Rivets


Wednesday, November 7th:  8 Rivets


Thursday, November 8th:  7 Rivets

Friday, November 9th:  86 Rivets

Sunday, November 11th:  132 Rivets


Tuesday, November 13th:  52 Rivets


Wednesday, November 14th:  74 Rivets


Thursday, November 15th:  45 Rivets