Today we worked on Ethan’s other plane, a 1982 Wag-a-Bond. He had skis on it this winter and needed help bleeding the brakes when he took the skis off. Remove the cap from the master cylinder, unscrew the small bleeder screw from the bleeder seat/fitting/adapter on the bottom of the brake caliper (**not the larger…
L.Wing – install truss, leading edge – 4/11/2016
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We worked 3.5 hours on the left wing today. Installing the wing rib trusses Installing the aileron torque tube collar Tracing the wing ribs and wing cuff support angles on the inside of the wing for drilling patterns.
L.Wing – install trailing edge cuff – 4/8/2016
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Here’s what we worked on. The trailing edge cuff looks like a piece of rain gutter. It protects the spar and helps close the gap between the ailerons/flaps and the wing. You get it in position, drill some holes, take it off and debur the holes, then eventually rivet it in place. Mark the center…
L.Wing – install wingtip – 4/3/2016
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Drill and cleco. We used a lot of our 40 copper clecoes. This must be what building an RV is like. 🙂 Strap the wingtip on, install the aileron and check the spacing. It needs 1/8″ clearance between the wingtip and aileron. We’ve got a 1/8″ thick piece of plastic sheet taped in…
L.Wing – Lower ribs and rib supports – 3/31/2016
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Today we installed the lower wing ribs and the wing supports. We used the same wing rib support lengths as on our right wing. 6.125″ for #10, 7.357″ for #1 – 1/8″ increments Combination of pretend flying and wanting to prove that we didn’t build 2 left wings.
L.Wing – rib duplicity – 3/30/216
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Today we started working on the left wing. This is all deja vu – stuff that we just did for the right wing. It took us about 50 hours to do the right wing, this wing should be 20 hours faster and turn out a little better. Twisting the devil sweep/anti-sweep cables Upper…