Dec 04, 2016     Wings complete - (25.0 hours)       Category: Wings

Finished the left wing and wing tip. Everything riveted and wing tip piano hinges installed. Placed the left wing in the wing rack. Moving on to the fuselage.

  Jun 11, 2016     Finished right wing - (10.0 hours)       Category: Wings

Finished the right wing and constructed a wing rack for holding the wings.

  Mar 24, 2016     Aileron control rod and lower skin prep - (3.0 hours) Category: Wings

Dimpled the lower ribs and countersunk the main spar. Primed the top of the main spar. Drilled witness holes in the rod end bearings and hooked up the aileron push rods.

  Mar 20, 2016     Up drilled bottom skin - (4.5 hours) Category: Wings

Flipped the wing over with help from my son and his friends and proceeded to up drill all the lower wing skins including the leading edge skins. Removed the outer wing skins to debur and dimple on the C-frame dimpled. Borrowed a tool to recess the openings for the inspection plates.

  Mar 12, 2016     Riveted upper outer wing skins - (20 hours) Category: Wings

Deburred the upper outer wing skin, ribs, leading edge and trailing edge spars. Riveted these to the wing structure. Also deburred and dimpled the inner upper skins.

  Feb 15, 2016     Updrilled upper skins - (8.5 hours)       Category: Wings

Updrilled the upper skins. Also received the long aileron pushrods from Sonex that were left out of the kit. Also started working on the spoilers in my garage. Next step is drilling the lower skins after flipping the wing over. Always a challenge even with a few helpers.

  Feb 03, 2016     Aileron construction - (10.5 hours)       Category: Wings

Built both ailerons upside down on a flat table using block to weigh them down and keep them straight. Dimpling the skins and small ribs was quite a challenge and took a while. Both ailerons came out straight and true and fit on the wing nicely. The up travel is significantly more than the down travel. The plans say 21.5 degrees up and 11.5 degrees down.

  Jan 30, 2016     Trailing edge skins and ailerons - (8 hours)       Category: Wings

Pilot drilled and clecoed the trailing edge skins and root fairing. Used a yard stick with a clearance notch cut out to attach the trailing edge skins in the correct position. Cut the aileron skins to length and pilot drilled them for the ribs.

  Jan 16, 2016     Leading edge skins - (6.5 hours)       Category: Wings

Finished pilot drilling the main wing skins and drilled and clecoed the leading edge skins. Used ratchet straps to pull the leading edge skins into position. Most of the dents came out as they were pulled into position but another came out nowhere.

  Jan 10, 2016     Skinning right wing - (19.5 hours)       Category: Wings

Started skinning the right wing by pilot drilling the ribs through the pilot holes in the skin through the blue line on the rib. Used blocks under the trailing edge to ensure the wings were level from spar to spar. In spite of making sure everything was level and square, the inboard bottom skin did not align with the outboard bottom skin at the overlap. Not sure why. Will investigate.