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Main Spar Riveting – Right Wing

October 29, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Today I began the main spar riveting on the right-wing. I started at the forward wing spar doubler splice plate. This riveting was straightforward. This next picture is the first few rivets set. The next picture shows the splice plate has the riveting completed. The next step was to rivet the spar web spacer blocks […]

Left Wing Construction Begins!

March 18, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

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

March 13, 2020 by admin 2 Comments

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 […]

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