Good day, today I’m going to be continuing to work on the right wing leading edge. Before I can being with the riveting and assembly process, I discovered another loose end that needed to be accomplished, and that is drilling the hole in the lower skin surface to accommodate the tie-down ring. I began by […]
Wing Spar Final Riveting
Today I’m wrapping up the last of the final spar riveting. There are a few spar web spacer blocks at the root end that are double flush riveted and those are the task at hand. In the picture below I’m using electrical tape to hold the rivets in place while I’m riveting to help keep […]
Main Wing Spar Riveting Continues
This evening I was able to get my buddy Dave over again to help me finish up riveting the main wing spars. I have the same comments as I did from the last time we riveted the other spar. It’s A LOT of work bucking those 3/16-inch rivets! Here’s a video we took to show […]
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 […]