Posted in Wing Wings

Left Wing Top Skin Riveting with Tom

Well, most of the summer progress has been to try to get to a place where I could use my buddy/boss/riveting partner Tom could help…

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Posted in ER Tanks Spars Wings

ER Tank Nutplates and Spar Countersinking

Today was a LOOOOONG day in the shop. To break things up a little, I am going to post in separate posts. First, I attached…

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Posted in Elevators Empennage

Right Elevator Skin Riveting

Well, today I was able to knock out the right elevator skin riveting. I ended up bucking 99% of these, with the last few on…

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Posted in Elevators Empennage

Right Elevator Stiffener Preparation

Worked on edge-finishing the right elevator stiffeners, then clecoing them into place on the right elevator skin. 1.5 hours.

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Posted in Empennage Horizontal Stab

More Horizontal Spar Work

Well, I could pretend that I haven’t worked on the airplane for a month because I am just recovering from Halloween, but that’s a lie….

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Posted in Empennage Vertical Stab

Dinner Dimpling

After some dinner, I headed back out to the airplane factory (garage) a to make a little more progress. 2.5 more hours tonight with 8…

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