Good day, just a quick update today to share that I’m drilling the rear spar of the left wing to the ribs. Pretty much just upsizing the holes from the #40 pilot holes to the #30 final size. That’s all for today folks! Please comment. I love to hear from my readers. Thanks again for coming […]
Wing stand installation
An exciting day today as I’m working on wing stand installation here in the shop. I’ll be fastening these stands to the concrete floor so they can remain secure throughout the wing build. I started by roughly placing the stands to see how they would fit in the space. I wanted to make sure I […]
Aileron Bellcrank – Left Wing
Today the task as hand is to install the left wing aileron bellcrank structure. In the picture below, I have the angle pieces already pre-cut and match drilled to the bellcrank rib. The next step was to add the wing rib supports. These two shown below are pieces from the RV-4 wing kit. They work, […]
Flap assembly Pt. 3 – New Hinges
Today I’m revisiting the flap hinges and luckily my buddy Garet was able to provide me with a great solution, which is to use a wider hinge. He too experienced flap hinge edge distance issues when building his RV-7A wings. The hinge provided by Oregon Aero (and called for in the plans) is the MS20257-3 […]