Got quite a bit of work done this week on the plane. Riveted the rear spar on to the ribs on Thursday. Got all the top skins dimpled and primed thru the week. Started preparing the leading edge ribs on Friday. Finally got the top skins riveted to the structure on Sunday. There were a total of 698 rivets in the top skins. We managed to set them all with only two small dents in the skin, not really noticeable unless you know where to look, and one of them is in the wing walk area and will be covered with grip tape. I've been working on preparing all the parts for the outboard leading edge the last couple nights, and hope to have it riveted together and onto the spar this weekend.
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| Top skins clecoed on and ready to rivet. |
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| Most of the rib and rear spar rivets set. |
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| Underside of the left wing with all the top skin rivets set. |
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| Slight corrosion on a leading edge rib. |
Great blog Rick! I'm really enjoying following your build. Now that you're so far along, do you know the chord length of the wings yet?
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm glad your enjoying the blog. I'm certainly enjoying the build. I'm not exactly sure about the chord length, the plans don't dimension it and I haven't built and installed the ailerons, but it looks like it'll be right around 54"
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