Section 25 Finished!
The rivets around the COM-3-5 Bearings are double flush riveted, and the manual suggests -7’s. I used -6’s, which seem to fit into the countersink much better. The Bearing Brackets are riveted onto a cover…
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25-03 Aft Center Section Bulkhead Assembly
I primed the Aft Center Section Bulkhead & Forward Center Section Bulkhead flanges after machine countersinking the nut plate and lower skin holes. Nutplates I riveted the nutplates onto both bulkheads, a quick job with…
25-02 Riveting & Reaming
Bulkhead Bottom Channel First of all the Bulkhead Side Channels and doublers are riveted onto the Bulkhead Bottom Channel. The manual gets you to temporarily cleco the Mid Fuselage Brace to the side channels to…
25 – Fwd Mid Fuse Bulkhead Preparation
As previously mentioned I’m going to finish the wings later when I’ve finally decided on wiring etc. So it’s time to move on to a new section and start building the forward fuselage! As always…
22-08 to 09 Ailerons Finished
Having riveted on the Right Aileron top skin to bring it up to the same stage as the Left Aileron, the next job is the trickier job of riveting the bottom skins in place. To…
SERVICE BULLETIN 18-09-17 Aft Fuselage Forward Bottom Skin
Some in-service aircraft have had cracks form in the aft fuselage bottom skin, on either side of bulkhead F-01408. Vans issued a Service Bulletin SB 18-09-17 to install the parts shown above to reinforce the…
21-10 Flaps Finished
Nice quick little job to finish off the flaps … riveting the bottom skins to the ribs. The holes have to be final drilled #33 to allow the MK-319-BS blind rivets to fit. I used…
21-10 Flap Trailing Edges
Well having attempted to build the flaps with no twist, the next challenge is to finish them off by riveting the trailing edges together whilst keeping them perfectly straight! : ) The manual suggests keeping…
22-05 to 08 Counterbalance & Top Skin
Here’s a counterbalance attached to the ribs. Since this is stainless steel I did not prime the counterbalance tube, but made sure there was plenty of JC5A for corrosion protection where it touches the aluminium….
22-02 to 07 Attaching Doublers & Hinge Brackets
Now that aileron priming is all done, I could get on and start riveting the doublers and hinge brackets. Guess what drink I enjoy?? Here they are … rivets all squeezed. I found it best…