Builder's Log

Right Wing Rib Matching

Today was fun because I could, for the first time, get a nice sense of the scale of the wings.

Pretty much just some match drilling on this day. The flap hinge brackets needed to be match drilled to a

A little bit of match drilling on a couple of brackets today. But most of the time was spent “fluting”

Started by cleaning up some of the inner holes of the countersinks for the screw holes. I was careful to

Close to wrapping up the right spar prep. This involved countersinking the screw holes. Then installing the 5 nutplates on

Aaah, the wings. Every time I complete several steps on one, it’s time to do the same thing all over

This entry includes time spent on 9/13 and 9/15 as well (evenings). Wrapping up the left wing spar prep involved

Today was spent riveting nutplates to the left wing spar. Two different sizes, one size for the fuel tank attachment

Well, over 2 hours positioning and drilling the four J-channels that use the left wing spar as a template. Then

This entry is for 1.5 hours on 8/31 and 2.5 hours on 9/2. There are 8 J-stiffeners that needed to