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 […]
Spar Cap Riveting
Now that the front spar web doubler and main spar web have been attached, riveted through the spar web spacer blocks, it’s now time for me to proceed with getting the spar caps riveted. This is pretty exciting and somewhat of a challenge as the spar caps are riveted using AN470AD6 rivets of various lengths. […]
Main Wing Spar Riveting Continues
Today I’m continuing with riveting main wing spars. Both wings spars have been brought up to the same level of completeness. The next step is to begin fastening the forward spar web and main spar web into one spar assembly. In the image below, the first thing you’ll notice is all the pieces of electrical […]
Main Spar Riveting – Right Wing
Today I began the main spar riveting on the right-wing. I started at the forward wing spar doubler splice plate. This riveting was straightforward. This next picture is the first few rivets set. The next picture shows the splice plate has the riveting completed. The next step was to rivet the spar web spacer blocks […]