Good day! Today I’m taking a break from sealant work. I will start drilling the nutplates which attach the fuel tank to the wing spar. I don’t know how many there are but it’s something like 100 per side. As all of these holes are already pre-drilled from when I match drilled the fuel tank […]
Rear Wing Spar Riveting
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 […]
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 […]
Left Rear Spar Rib Spacing
Today I located the inboard wing root ribs so that I could transfer the correct wing rib spacing onto the rear wing spar. I started by installing the first 5 wing rib attach angles, fitted onto the main wing spar. For hole reference spacing, here is a shot from the forward side of the main […]