Wings – Page 5 – Builder's Log

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It’s time too start work on attaching ribs to the left wing strut, however, the right wing strut is currently

Riveted the right main ribs onto the right wing spar. This went quite well, and only 2-3 had to be

Primed and assembled the aileron brackets (for both wings). Then the one for the right wing was attached to the

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