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 Wing Rear Spar Fittings
After having deciphered the Sport Wing rib spacing it is now time to start drilling the wing attach fitting. Before we get to the drilling, I just want to add that the rib spacing dimension that I determined in my last post actually worked out really well. Again, when reviewing the HRII plans, the location […]
Rear Spar Attach Doubler and Flanges
Today I ventured into getting the rear spar W-407D doubler drilled to the spar along with the W-407B and W-407C flanges. This took me quite a while to figure out. At first, as you will see below, ribs just weren’t lining up with their appropriate locations. It took a little bit of work before I […]
Rear Wing Spar Orientation
Over the past few days I realized that I am missing the main wing spar doubler extension pieces that are necessary for the Sport Wing modifications. Because of this little oversight, I’m now at a full stop in the main wing spar progress and have decided to proceed with the rear wing spars. When starting […]