Saturday, March 7, 2015

3 MAR 15: Page 25-2 steps 1-6, pg 20-5 step 10: 4.25 hours
Made the F-1004N stiffener angles.  Clamped them to the F-1004A center section bulkhead and match-drilled #30 using the bulkhead as a drill guide:
Began to rivet right wing bottom skins with Mike:


4 MAR 15: Page 21-05 step 7 redo, pg 21-07 step 7, pg 20-5 steps 11-2: 4.5 hours
Began to rebuild the right aileron.  Dimpled the skins and back riveted the stiffeners:
Continued riveting the right wing bottom skin with Mike.

5 MAR 15: Page 21-08 steps 1-2 right: 1.75 hours
Riveted the aileron nose ribs to the nose skin.  This time (unlike the left aileron) I riveted the outboard rib to the spar before assembling the aileron.  The plans have you rivet after assembling the aileron, but there is virtually no room to fit the rivet set in between the brackets when built.  Unfortunately, the bottom of the flange began to pull away from the spar web – had to drill out the bottom two and try again:
Pretty good a drilling them out – lots of practice!

6 MAR 15: Page 22-8 steps 9-11, pg 20-5 steps 11-12: 3.2 hours
Cleared the proseal out of the TE of the left flap and began blind riveting the bottom skins to the ribs.  Mike came over one last night and we finished up the bottom skins – both wings done!


7 MAR 15: Page 22-8 steps 10-12, pg 23-7 steps 1-5, pg 23-8 steps 1-4, pg 23-9 steps 1-5: 9.5 hours
Finished blind riveting the flap bottom skin to the rib flanges.  Riveted the trailing edge – was a bit nervous because the size of the flap, but it turned out pretty nice:
Nice and straight:
Spent the rest of the day fitting the aileron actuation and the control surfaces to the left wing.  Took me quite a while to figure out all the steps – a lot of off/on, attaching/detaching pushrods, etc.  All I have left with the left wing is to adjust the aileron pushrod to ensure the aileron aligns with the flap while in the neutral position.  Starting to look like a wing:

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