Saturday 6/12/2010

The picture shows a special Averys tool for putting a slight crease along the edge of an aluminum sheet.  This helps the sheet to lay flat after riveting it.
















Leading edge clecoed together and ready to rivet.

But first, you need to install all of the main ribs and make sure all bolts and nuts line up in the appropriate holes.  If there is a problem, you dont want to have to drill out a bunch of rivets to fix it.

Orange goop on nut shows its been tightened to the proper torque.
















Leading edge riveting completed.  time 7.5 hrs

Sunday 6/6/2010

110 degree heat with direct sun in the afternoon on the southwest facing hanger means unbearable temps inside the hanger.  Limited electrical to each hanger means you can't run an evap cooler and a compressor at the same time so its time to move the work back home.

Jig resetup in garage. Continued with cutting the hole in the main spar for the wing tie-down ring.

6/5/2010

Did some more priming and finished riveting leading edge of right wing.  5 hrs.

05/30/2010

Finished deburring and dimpling all wing skins for right wing.  7 hrs.

05/16/2010

All right wing main ribs, leading edge ribs, rear spar and other pieces epoxy coated and ready for final assembly in wing jig. 11 hrs

05/15/2010

All ribs acid etched and dipped in the alodine solution. Dipping works much better than spraying or brushing the alodine solution on. I found 20 seconds of dipping was ideal versus the recommended 1 to 3 minutes of recommended time when you brush the solution on. 5 hrs

5/2/2010

Wing ribs ready for acid etching, alodining and epoxy priming to make them moisture proof.