Mar 21, 2020     Moved Lights from Under the Wing to In the Wing       Category: Wings

Fabricated brackets and cut holes in the wing to accept the wig-wag / landing lights. Patched and painted the old holes.

  Sep 02, 2014     Wiring Category: Wings

Started the wiring harnesses for the systems in the wings

  Jan 28, 2014     Moving day       Category: Wings

Moved wings and everything else in the hanger from Leesburg to a bulk hanger in Umatilla

  Mar 18, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Trailered the wings to the hangar at the airport.

  Mar 17, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Started putting PRC in the left wing rivet holes but decided it was a lot of work with little/no benefit so we're discontinuing that.

  Mar 16, 2013     Wing tips Category: Wings

The washers on the front cap popped off when we put clecos in, so we riveted the front cap first and held the washers on by hand. Attached and riveted the rear cap and attached/tested the nav/strobe light. Added glue between the front and rear plastic end caps

  Mar 15, 2013     Right wing end cap Category: Wings

Started working on the right wing end cap. Cut the rear plastic cap too short such that one end isn't on the spar extension. Glued the washers to the front cap and taped the backing strips to the rear cap.

  Mar 08, 2013     End caps       Category: Wings

Attached the plastic end caps and strobe light to the left wing.

  Mar 03, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Put PRC in all the rivet holes in the flaps and ailerons. With the exception of the AAPQ-43 rivets that we're still waiting for, these parts are done and ready to be professionally primed.

  Feb 13, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Aligned the aileron horn plate to the outer rib by drilling both the aileron horn plate and aileron horn angle to #11 and inserting a bolt to keep them aligned. Drilled all holes in the left aileron frame to their final size.

  Feb 05, 2013     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Added an extra skin stiffener forward of the pitot tube on the lower leading edge skin. Changed the grommets for the two pitot air lines to bulkhead fittings at the root nose rib.

  Jan 30, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Riveted both aft skins and the bottom of the leading edge skin.

  Jan 29, 2013     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

EAA Technical Counselor stopped by to inspect left wing and pitot tube installation. He recommended making a couple of loops on the air hoses (see picture) so that if we needed to get to the pitot tube heating unit that we'd have enough hose to drop the pitot tube out of the way. He also recommended putting bulkhead fittings for the tubes in the root rib so we could route the tube through the fuselage without the wing. He also didn't like the scratching around the rivet holes where we de-burred. Touched-up the scratches and we'll use the countersink tool (lightly!) in the future.

  Jan 21, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Took the skin off the left wing and cleaned/de-burred all parts. Our neighbor Norm helped.

  Jan 20, 2013     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Attached Molex connectors to the root and tip wiring for the strobes

  Jan 15, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Taped top edge of leading edge skin so that the ends line up and the spar holes are over the reference line. Starting in the middle, drilled skin to ribs and spar #40. Added leading edge tip and drilled #40

  Jan 08, 2013     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Drew center lines on the bottom ribs and clecoed the bottom aft skin to the frame. Drilled out the ribs to #40. Added the fuel tank cover and tip skin and drilled the ribs to #30. Cut the flap and aileron hinges as specified and drilled them with the aft spar and aileron hinge doublers to #30. Flipped the wing over and drew centerlines on the top ribs. Clecoed the top skin to the frame and removed the plastic from around the rows of rivets.

  Dec 02, 2012     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Primed the aft bottom skin, stiffeners, torque angle, fuel bay skin and half of the inspection rings and covers. Riveted the stiffeners and inspection retaining rings to the aft bottom skin.

  Dec 01, 2012     Wing Assembly       Category: Wings

Cleaned/de-burred the aft bottom skin, the stiffeners, torque angle, fuel bay skin, and half of the inspection rings and covers.

  Nov 27, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Looked for leading edge tip skin (KPWI0457) We received a different part - RANS is shipping correct parts to us. Fabricated torque angle bending it using blocks of wood around the angle in the vise. Drilled the bottom aft tow holes by marking them on the angle, then removed the skin panel and transfer drilled #40 then #30.

  Nov 07, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Clecoed lower aft skin, tank cover and skin tip extension to frame (right wing) Drilled to #40, then #30.

  Nov 04, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Used carriage bolts through the table and clamped the right wing frame to the table, such that the spars are level to the table lengthwise and parallel to each other. Checked the alignment through the alignment holes.

  Nov 03, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Drilled and clecoed the stiffeners to the top and bottom aft skins

  Nov 02, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Using the longer bolts we were able to secure the fuel level sending unit. Installed fuel drain, intake pipe, fuel vent and sending unit in the other tank.

  Oct 31, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

First drilling of the fuel tank cover plate was not right - we're using the other cover for now and need to order a new cover. Installed fuel drain, intake pipe and fuel vent in right tank. Used Dow Corning 838 silicone adhesive between tank and rubber washer. We had trouble with locking down the fuel sending unit - need to get longer bolts (try AN3-8).

  Oct 20, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Fabricated round backing plates for the fuel level sending units. Cut a wide circle out of aluminum and used flat rivets to attach 5 single wing nut plates. Also drilled four holes to attach to the fuel tanks. Cut each backing plate into two pieces so we could get the plate through the hole into the tank. Drilled the holes into the tank and maneuvered the backing plate pieces into place and riveted them to the tank. Also drilled holes for the fuel drain, intake pipe and fuel vent. Rinsed both tanks and left upside down to drain.

  Oct 12, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Discovered that we used the wrong rivets which hold the nose ribs to the spar. Drilled out the short rivets holding nose ribs 1 and 4 to spar. Replaced with correct rivets. Assembled and installed left inner and outer belcranks.

  Aug 09, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Riveted and bolted the tie downs and angles onto the main spars.

  Aug 06, 2012     Wing Assembly Category: Wings

Drilled, cleaned and clecoed the tie downs and angles onto the main spars. Hand-primed the surfaces that were touching.

  Jul 14, 2012     Inventoried the kit Category: Wings

Inventoried the kit. Put small parts on the board or in drawers. Larger parts are out on the lanai.

  Jul 10, 2012     Wing kit arrived       Category: Wings

Wing kit arrived. Wheeled the tables down to the truck, then wheeled it back into the garage. A couple of wheels broke off on the table. They took the top off and did a quick visual inspection.