This evening I tackled riveting the rear wing spars which was a really straightforward job. Clamping some wood blocks to the workbench allowed me to get the rear spar in a vertical position where I could early rivet with the gun and bucking bar. Riveting went well with only one rivet needing to be drilled […]
Main Wing Spar Riveting
Tonight I enlisted the help of my buddy Dave to bash and set a bunch of the big 3/16 (-6) rivets to assemble the main wing spars. For this job I used the 5x rivet gun and set my compressor to deliver 90 psi. The 5x gun worked pretty good for the most part, however […]
Rear Wing Spar Assembly
Today, the task I’m setting out to get the rear wing spars ready for riveting. In the image below, I’m working to locate the TR-W-007F rear spar – aileron attach doubler which is riveted to the rear side of the rear spars. This is a bit tricky as the plans don’t give you much in […]
Wing Spar Comparison
Just a short blog post today. As I was picking up the F1 main wing spars off the storage rack, I noticed that it was stacked on top of the Stewart S-51 main spar webs. I took these two pictures as I think many of you will find the difference in size between these spars […]