The plan for today is to start assembling the skeleton of the right wing. That is to get all the ribs drilled to the spar. As seen on the picture below, there is a flange on the forward side of the ribs. This rib is later fastened attached to the spar with blind rivets. As […]
Primer testing
Today my buddy JW and I started going down the primer rabbit hole, and thought we would attempt some completely non-scientific, testing of the primers we have. This test is purely based on our initial impressions, nothing more. So on hand, we have the following 3 (self-etching) primers. For the testing we sprayed a test […]
Left wing – rear spar drilling
Good day, just a quick update today to share that I’m drilling the rear spar of the left wing to the ribs. Pretty much just upsizing the holes from the #40 pilot holes to the #30 final size. That’s all for today folks! Please comment. I love to hear from my readers. Thanks again for coming […]
Wing stand installation
An exciting day today as I’m working on wing stand installation here in the shop. I’ll be fastening these stands to the concrete floor so they can remain secure throughout the wing build. I started by roughly placing the stands to see how they would fit in the space. I wanted to make sure I […]