We started work on this Section back on September 20, 2021, so WAY behind on updating the blog. Anyway, here goes…..
As previously mentioned in the Firewall Forward Kit delivery, the spinner was damaged during the shipment. So, after receiving the new one from Van’s, I started work on this Section. To begin, the S-602-1 Spinner Plate and S-602B Doubler Ring were clecoed together and all the 1/8” holes were match-drill #30. Additionally, the inside perimeter of the Doubler Ring was traced onto the Spinner Plate. I then used my Milwaukee rotary tool with a cut off what to cut as close to the lines as possible. Then, I used a grinding wheel, a file and various grits of sandpaper to remove the rest of the material and sand to the final shape.
After grinding and sanding to proper final shape, I treated the two Spinner Plate and Doubler with Alumiprep, Alodoine and sprayed them with Akzo primer. After the primer had fully dried, the two pieces were riveted together using AN470AD4-5 universal rivets as shown below.
I know it doesn’t look it in the pictures above, but the Akzo primer is a light green color. That color would not match anything on the airplane and is, well, green! So, I mixed up some paint and sprayed it white. Something on the plane will be white (or some kind of relative of white)….and if not, it still won’t be an eye sore. Here is what it looked like after getting painted.
