Sunday, April 26, 2015

Wings

We got TONS of work done today, but it's kinda funny how it feels like things don't really look any different. Because of that, there really aren't any useful pictures from today's work, but here is a list of the things we accomplished:

  • Finished fabricating the mount for the SafeAir1 pitot mast
  • Drilled and installed nutplates for electrical grounding and to mount the GAP28 pitot controller
  • Deburred, dimpled, and primed the inside of the L/R wing gap fairings
  • Deburred and countersunk the necessary holes on the wing and top skins for the gap fairings
  • Riveted the four gap fairings into place
  • Attached the leading edges to the wings (they had only previously been clecoed into place). Still need to rivet the top side edge rivets, should go pretty quickly tomorrow.

My hands got an awesome workout today with the squeezer, with all the dimpling and riveting. I still haven't invested in a pneumatic squeezer, and I don't think I will... it's a good workout doing it manually! Anyway once we finish riveting the top part of the leading edges to the wings, we will "honestly" be all the way through the plans up to our current state with the fuel tanks, which itself is pretty close to being done.

Fuselage kit is supposed to be shipped out sometime next week.... NO PRESSURE!!! :-)