Monthly Archives: September 2008

More deburring!!

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Daniel

I hope I never see another rib again…. that’s all I have to say.  I’m really tired of the ribs so far… deburring is definately not the fun part of building.  Anyways, I got some more of the ribs deburred, … Continue reading →

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Deburring Ribs…

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Daniel

Today I started hacking away at the millions of ribs that came with the wings… started with the scotchbrite wheel in the bench grinder, smoothing the flanges of every rib.  Then went back and took the burr off that resulted … Continue reading →

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Spars are in the stands!

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Daniel

FINALLY got the spars temporarily mounted in the wing stands… Geez, these things have made a mess out of the shop over the last week or so. Probably a pound of metal shavings created from the main and rear spars … Continue reading →

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Riveted the Rear Spars!

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Daniel

So today I tackled the rear spars. They have been sitting in the garage primed and ready to go for a few days now. It really wasn’t hard at all… In fact, looking at the plans calls for all kinds … Continue reading →

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Tiedowns…

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Daniel

Started and finished the tiedown brackets tonight… what a pain in the butt for such a small piece. The plans call for the fabrication of 4 spacers from some aluminum stock… Then you cut a 1″ diameter lightning hole in … Continue reading →

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Rear Spar

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Daniel

Made alot of progress this weekend… got all the countersinks and platenuts done, organized some of the numerous bag contents, built, welded, and painted the wing stands, and then started working on the rear spar. Got all the stiffeners match … Continue reading →

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OUCH!!!!

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Daniel

Get a hammer, put your thumb on some concrete, and then hit it with the hammer hard enough to make it bust the skin on the side of your thumb… then go cleco platenuts… Sucks! I was setting anchors for … Continue reading →

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Started Building the Wing Stand…

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Daniel

Began working on the wing stand today… Got two sets of feet bolted to the floor.  Two more to go, and then I need someone to come weld the tubes on for me!

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Holes, platenuts, and countersinks…

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Daniel

Man, it took a long time to countersink all the holes and rivet the platenuts on…. Im definately rusty at some of this, but it’ll all come back. My shoulder hurts and I only finished the left spar…. haven’t even … Continue reading →

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Wing Construction Begins…

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Daniel

So I finally unrolled the plans tonight… Its been a while, I’m a little rusty at figuring out whats what on these drawings, but I’ll get there… Not much done tonight, I started countersinking the attach holes for the fuel … Continue reading →

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