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Builder Name:Bob Collins   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-12iS   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:1055
Total Expense:$101645.34
Start/Last Date:Jan 04, 2017 - No Finish Date
Engine:Rotax 912iS
Propeller:Sensenich
Panel:Dual screen G3X, autopilot
 
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Jul 02, 2017     Began riveting wing skins - (3.5 hours)       Category: Wings
I put in a lot of time at the hangar but I think most of it was using the soldering iron to take the plastic off (yes, I know the plastic should come off to prevent corrosion, but my plane is going to be polished so I don't want the constant movement during the skinning process to ding things up any more than they need to be), and deburring holes, but at least I got started on skinning the left wing skeleton.

I continue to insist that Van's sends main spars with the holes too small to accomodate the lousy tolerances of the LP4-3 rivets. I know people disagree but there's no comparison between a prepunched hole on a rib and the ones in the main spar.

So I reamed out the flange holes on the main spar and then deburred all of them. Same with the rear spar.

I put a little primer on the inside of the skins along the rivet lines just because I was bored.

Then I clecoed everything in place and riveted on the doubler.


 


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