Mar 17, 2024     23-08. Torque tube install - (3 hours)       Category: Wings

Installed competed aileron Torque tube sub assemblies in the with wing root bearings...

  Mar 10, 2024     Aileron Torque tube assemblies page 23-07 - (4 hours) Category: Wings

Page 23-07 left and right side Aileron Torque tube assembly.

First make the precise little wood spacer block. (Oh come on, that could have been something yet sent!) then get the correct length and clocking. Make two mirror images of each other,, Then dissasemble when done, and I forgot to take a pic, so no sexy completed pick before I diassembled.

  Jan 28, 2024     aileronal bellcrank and pushrods - (6 hours)       Category: Wings

  Jan 21, 2024     Aileron Pushtubes - (2 hours) Category: Wings

Short 25.25 inch x .5 inch pushrod tubes complete.
I hate them.

  Jan 14, 2024     23-03 Pushrod tubes - (4 hours) Category: Wings

Pushrod tubes for ailerons competed. Tried out Alodining them instead of priming at the aerospace metals place. A little more expensive than I expected, but make for perfect inside of the tubes for rust proofing purposees.

  Dec 19, 2023     Sent push rod tubes and ends out to be alodined. - (3 hours) Category: Wings

Took all the aileron pushrod tubes and ends out to be alodined instead of trying to prime the inside of the tubes.

  Dec 19, 2023     Skin finished dimpling. - (1 hour)       Category: Wings

  Dec 19, 2023     Bad side finished. - (2 hours)       Category: Wings

  Nov 19, 2023     Finally Back to building. Thanks to John Corneal and Dean Howard - (8 hours)       Category: Wings

I had been flummoxed by something on my quick build Wings, and it totally broke my inertial. I thought a one of the Lower wing stiffeners in the quick build kit was miss shaped because the parts wouldn't nest. Turns out the factory used the wrong part. Have devised a work around. So Created the J Channel for the good wing, cleckoed match drilled, deburred dimpled J channel, Dimpled the lower out skin for the wing. Will do the messed up wing next. I also noticed they Scribed the parts at the factory. I thought we weren't supposed to do that. Opens up a new realm of possibilities. First pics are of the wrong part used by the factory in the left wing. (J Channel is larger and heavier than it is supposed to be.). rest of Pics will be my work on the good wing.

  Aug 03, 2023     Flap gap stiffeners in - (6 hours)       Category: Wings

  Jun 30, 2023     Right wing Wiring - (4 hours)       Category: Wings

Autopilot servo wiring harness is in...

  Jun 23, 2023     fuel tanks reinstalled. Wiring underway - (6 hours)       Category: Wings

Reinstalled the fuel thanks. Thanks to Matt Dunkel for the help mannhandling the wings.
Started running the wires throughout the wings

  Jun 22, 2023     Fuel tank leak checks suck - (10 hours) Category: Wings

Endlessly pressurized and wiped leak check over every inch of the tanks. No leaks found. But I don't believe it... Maybe I'll go with a blue paint scheme.

  Jun 20, 2023     Pressure testing the tanks and Paid for the engine. - (2 hours)       Category: Wings

Tanks out and pressure testing. Thanks to Matt Dunkel for helping me move the wings. I need a bigger shop.

I also need a bigger bank account, as Van's just asked for the final payment on the Thunderbolt engine. Plus, I was missing the plug for one of the vents in the tanks AN913-3D. Thanks for John Corneal for giving me one from his kit, and I had to order one of them from Vans to the tune of 25.03 (It was missing from the kit) in order to give it back to John.

  Jun 17, 2023     left wing sending unit prepped - (1 hour)       Category: Wings

Prepped and fitted the left wing sending unit. (Went much faster this time, but was still screwed up for a while getting it all squared away and moving the right amount. Pulled a single serving side of proseal out of the fridge, In the morning when it warms up ill mix it and seal it in place. WIsh I had a bigger shop so I could leave both wings on a table at the same time....

  Jun 12, 2023     Fuel tank sending units - (10 hours)       Category: Wings

Ok, This took about 9 hours too long. I just couldn't make it work right from the pic and the plans. Used the wiki and everything, and everyone's tank wasn't visable when I stopped by the other builds. But finally it all came together. Right wing done, left wing should go quickly. But two days chewed up on what I thought would be a quicky....

  Jun 09, 2023     bearing flanges and fuel sender wires - (3 hours)       Category: Wings

Added the bearing flanges and bent the wires and started installing the fuel tank sending units...

  Jun 04, 2023     Finished landing light lenses - (4 hours)       Category: Wings

Finished the landing light lenses They came out far better than I expected

  Jun 03, 2023     Finally building again. - (3 hours)       Category: Wings

Resumed work on landing light lenses. First day building since the Battle of Fred and the move to the new house. (About a 6 month delay)

  Mar 24, 2023     Ailerons and Flaps have arriveed - (.5 hour) Category: Wings

Back ordered parts have arrived.

  Dec 23, 2022     stall warning - (3 hours)       Category: Wings

Lots of little fidly bits in this one.

Some missing hardware (washers) reqiured digging around on my bench to find the correct ones.

  Dec 22, 2022     landing light bays - (2 hours)       Category: Wings

Decided to leave them unprimed.

  Dec 21, 2022     back to work, stall warning cutout... - (1 hour)       Category: Wings

  Dec 17, 2022     Inventory - (5 hours) Category: Wings

Ailerons missing, flaps on back order. Airlinerons will be sent with the flaps.

  Dec 08, 2022     Wings are here! - (1 hour)       Category: Wings

  Nov 23, 2022     call for Delivery - (.5 hour) Category: Wings

Wings will be delivered between Dec 6-8. Which is awesome because I am out of parts!

  Oct 09, 2022     QB wings on the way - (.5 hour) Category: Wings

Final payment for my QB wings.

  Mar 01, 2022     Deposit for QB WINGS. - (.3 hour) Category: Wings

DEPOSIT TAKEN FOR WINGS. a year after ordering. Should be here by the end of 22. almost 2 year wait.