My new parts have finally showed up! Yay! For the past few weeks I’ve been waiting for my wing spar doubler panels to arrive. These parts were overlooked when I originally ordered the RV-4 wing kit. The forward wing spar web doubler is part of the Sport Wing modifications, it’s also not something that you […]
Right Main Wing Spar Prep
Today I got started on the right main wing spar. As previously discussed on the left spar, the first thing to do is to locate all of the important items (front, back, inboard, outboard, etc…) Then I disassembled the spar into all the individual parts so that I can proceed with the mods, deburring and […]
Main Spar Spacer Blocks
Now that the left wing spar web and beams are primed, I’m going to start working on the spar spacer blocks. These are spacers between the spar cap beams which add rigidity to the spar in the area of the spar web doubler. The spar web doubler on the forward side of the spar in […]
Left Main Spar Trimming and Priming
Back to working on the left main wing spar. The spar layout was previously completed during the last work session. Now it’s time to prime and do some trimming. Priming The weather this morning was nice and calm which made it ideal for shooting some primer. To get the day started, I began with prepping, […]