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 […]
New Band Saw and Rear Spar Flange Doubler
Today I progressed with working on the rear spar attach flanges and I also got a chance to try out my new bandsaw. New Bandsaw For the bandsaw, it is a Milwaukee corded hand-held metal cutting band saw. As a tool on its own, it’s not the most practical for using in building an airplane, […]