Now that the left main wing spar has been disassembled from the temporary rivets installed by Van’s for shipping, I can now dive deep into the Harmon Rocket II plans as well as additional changes identified in the F1 Rocket plans to modify these RV-4 wings into F1 Rocket Sport Wings. Main Spar Reinforcing Web […]
Left Wing Construction Begins!
While I’m still awaiting my new rivet sets that I need to complete riveting the horizontal stabilizer, I thought that now would be a good time to get started on construction of the wings. Before beginning on this task, if you’re considering this route, there are a few things you will need before starting out. […]
Wing Spar Orientation
Today, I got the wing spars out on the workbench and I started to identify the orientation (upper/lower/fore/aft). As the wing spars were built in the Van’s factory jigs, all the holes are predrilled and some are even reamed for close tolerance bolts. Since the spar has comes with all this work accomplished, each piece […]
Horizontal Stabilizer Spars – Riveting Completed
Today I wanted to finish up all the riveting on the horizontal stabilizer spars. After my last building session, all that remains on the rear spar is bolting on the center hinge assembly, and 2 rivets on either side. One thing that was overlooked about this whole thing was that had only pilot drilled these […]