Countersink Priming 13-03
Rather than spot prime as suggested by Vans, I couldn’t face over 1000 holes! I decided to prime the top of the spar flanges … although a bit of work setting up to spray etc,…
Rather than spot prime as suggested by Vans, I couldn’t face over 1000 holes! I decided to prime the top of the spar flanges … although a bit of work setting up to spray etc,…
There are a LOT of holes to countersink in the spars, I couldn’t face counting … but there are over 1000. You have to carefully study the manual to ensure they are machined to the…
Well here we go! The first job is to fabricate the W-00009A & B Wing Box J-Channels. This is accomplished by cutting them to length, clamping to the spars, and then match drilling … in…
Of course having attached the tailplane & elevators to the aft fuselage I couldn’t resist checking the elevator control deflections with my laser level. 11-02 specifies 30º UP and 25º DOWN. Well I measured 27.5º…
It was a quick job to bolt on the fin, since the sternpost holes had already been match drilled in an earlier step. Nicely Rigged! Out of interest (since there would be nothing to do…
Quite enjoyable this part, since you can convince yourself that you’ve nearly built an aeroplane. Hmmm … : ) The front attach holes have already been drilled ages ago in a previous step, but happily…
Having match drilled the horns for the pushrod initially with a #40 drill, I needed to decide in what order to final drill the holes. ie either … Final drill one horn, then use the…
It has taken 4 days to complete the inventory of the fuselage and wings! There are a lot of pieces to squirrel away, and the hardware bags take a long time to sort. I decided…
Well, after ordering the Fuselage & Wings on March 1st, 2018, they have arrived today after 13 weeks. Their journey has taken them by road from Oregon to Montreal, then on a cargo ship to…