8 SEP 14: Priming
Tailcone / wing parts: 3 hours
Finished priming tailcone and began to prime some of the
wing parts:
9 SEP 14: Priming
wing parts: 9 hours
A long day of priming all the main spar parts. Always seems like it will go quicker than it
does, but I really like the protection the Akzo offers, so the extra time is
well worth it in my opinion. The first
batch of 30 ribs:
The rear spars after Prekote prep drying:
Doesn’t look like much, but a lot of work to get all of this
Prekoted and primed:
11 SEP 14: Page
13-4 step 11, page 13-5 step 1, page 14-3 steps 5-7: 5.25 hours
Riveted nutplates to the W-1020 tie-down brackets:
Attached the W-1020 tie-down brackets and aileron bellcranks
to the spar assembly:
Riveted the flap hinge rib and flap hinge bracket to the
inboard wing ribs; riveted the VA-146 flange bearing, W-1029A and W-1029B
torque tube support brackets, W-1029C angle, W-1029D and W-1029E spacers
together. Riveted the W-1029C angle
support bracket assembly to the web of the W-1010 inboard wing ribs. Riveted the W-1025B flap hinge ribs and
W-1025A flap hinge brackets to the W-1010 inboard wing ribs:
12 SEP 14: Page
14-4 step 1, page 14-5 step 1-4, page 14-6 step 1: 6.25 hours
Installed SB437-4 snap bushings in the W-1010 and W-1011 inboard
wing ribs. Clecoed the ribs to the spar
assembly and final-drilled #40 the
forward most hole in the forward tabs of the seven inboard most W-1011 inboard
wing ribs:
Riveting the forward flange of the ribs to the main spar –
stinking hot in the garage!!!
Had to get the wing rib shot that I see in everyone else’s
build logs:
13 SEP 14: Page
14-6 step 1, page 15-2 steps 5-7, page 15-4 steps 3-4: 5.75 hours
Installed bolts in the upper/lower attach holes of the wing
ribs. Pressed bearing com 3-5s into all
W-1013A/trimmed aileron hinge bracket spacers.
Riveted the assemblies together:
Final drilled #40 and dimpled the 26 inboard most holes that
are located in the upper flange of the W-1007A rear spar web:
Riveted the rear spar parts together. The plans have you rivet it together while
clecoed to the ribs. I chose to rivet
what I could using the table vice and then rivet to the ribs. Much easier, and this allowed me to use the
squeezer on all but one rivet:
Left wing complete:
14 SEP 14:
Repeated previous steps for right wing: 4.25 hours
Repeat for the right wing.
Ribs clecoed to the main spar:
15 SEP 14: Page
15-4 step 4, page 16-2 step 1: 3.5 hours
Finished riveting the right wing. Squeezing the rear spar assembly:
Clecoed the wing skins on the left wing:
16/18 SEP 14: Page
16-2 steps 1-3: 4.25 hours
Final drilled #40 all the holes common to the top wing skins
and the spars, stiffeners, doublers, and ribs.
A lot of holes!!
19/20 SEP 14: Page
16-2 steps 3-6: 8.25 hours
Machine countersunk the screw holes for a #8 flush head
screw dimple:
Machine countersunk all the rivet holes that correspond to
the W-1027A and W-1027B wing walk doublers for the head of an AN426AD3 rivet:
Repeated match-drilling the right wing. Just a few holes:
Deburred all the skins.
Have I mentioned that there are a lot of holes?!!!
