May 09, 2024     Riviting of Spar Reinforcement Fittings - (1 hour)       Category: Wings

Prepared the last 2 (of 16) Spar Reinforcement Plates and the Spars for riveting and bonding by cleaning with denatured alcohol. Riveted and bonded the 2 Plates onto the spar. All 16 of the 16 Spar Reinforcement Plates are now installed. Also, drilled out and replaced the one rivet that did not "seat" properly yesterday.

  May 08, 2024     Riviting of Spar Reinforcement Fittings - (1 hour) Category: Wings

Prepared the next 6 (of 16) Spar Reinforcement Plates and the Spars for riveting and bonding by cleaning with denatured alcohol. Riveted and bonded the 6 Plates onto 2 of the 4 spars. Total of 14 of the 16 Spar Reinforcement Plates are now installed. Also, one of the rivets did not appear to "seat" properly, so I will have to drill that out and re-rivet.

  May 07, 2024     Riviting of Spar Reinforcement Fittings - (.75 hour)       Category: Wings

Prepared another 4 (of 16) Spar Reinforcement Plates and the Spars for riveting and bonding by cleaning with denatured alcohol. Riveted and bonded the 4 of Plates onto 1 of the 4 spars. Total of 8 of the 16 Spar Reinforcement Plates are now installed.

  May 06, 2024     Riviting of Spar Reinforcement Fittings - (1.25 hours)       Category: Wings

Prepared the (16) Spar Reinforcement Plates and the Spars for riveting and bonding. Riveted and bonded 4 of the Plates onto 1 of the 4 spars. Thus 4 of the 16 Spar Reinforcement Plates are now installed.

  May 06, 2024     Spar Reinforcement Fittings - (4 hours) Category: Wings

Continued work on the sixteen (16) Spar Reinforcement Fittings. Completed all of the drilling and de-burring of the 16 Spar Reinforcement Plates as well as the Spar.

  Apr 30, 2024     Spar Reinforcement Fittings - (.75 hour)       Category: Wings

Continued work on the sixteen (16) Spar Reinforcement Fittings. Completed the drilling and de-burring of the 7th and 8th of the 16.

  Apr 28, 2024     Spar Reinforcement Fittings - (3.0 hours)       Category: Wings

Began work on the sixteen (16) Spar Reinforcement Fittings that go on the Front and Rear Spars to reinforce the Spar where it attaches to the Forward and Rear Spar Attachment Lugs on the Fuselage. Got 6 of the 16 drilled, de-burred, and clecoed.

  Apr 28, 2024     Wing Lift Strut Unpack and Prep - (1.0 hour) Category: Wings

Removed much of the foam wrapping from the Wing Lift Struts and located the mounting hardware for the Struts and assembled the hardware. (but didn't mount the Struts)

  Apr 27, 2024     Wing Rib and Strut Prep - (3.25 hours) Category: Wings

Prepared the Lift Strut Attachment Brackets by drilling out and deburing the many rivet holes. Unpacked the left Lift Strut and verified that bolts/pins fit everywhere already due to the Factory Pre-Rig option. Study and puzzle

  Apr 27, 2024     Sand Ribs 1A, 1B, 1C, Butt Ribs, and Rib 2. - (2.75 hours)       Category: Wings

Inspected and sanded the #1A, #1B, #1C, Butt Ribs, and #2 Ribs. Took care of a few of the "temporary staples" on the cap-strip that were not fully installed (either removed staple or ground down).

  Apr 20, 2024     Reading Wing Chapter (over dates of 4/16-4/20) - (5.25 hours) Category: Wings

Reading the entire Wing chapter, as per the chapter instructions.