We worked on the lower wing ribs today. First Ethan helped me fix my snowblower! The clutch mechanism wasn’t engaging fully. Here are the lower wing ribs laid out . Here’s how they attach. On a prior page it says to “align the plastic tip to fit the radius of the wing spar leading…
R.Wing – started ribs – Dec 25, 26 2015
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We worked on the right side wing this weekend. You could think of that as the copilot side but if the plane is right side up and flying forwards, this wing will be on the right side of the plane. Ordered some new parts for the wing and the vertical fin reinforcement kit Installed…
Building both wing frames – Dec 19 & 20 – 2015
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We worked on building the wing frames this weekend. We also sprayed CorrosionX in the wing tubes. Things of note: Putting the wing tip on using superglue to attach the washer to the nut so that you can hold both of them inside the tube with a needle nose pliers. – Or you could just get…
Fuel Tank Fitting and Corrosion Protection Dec 6+7, 2015
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Today we did a trial fitting of the fuel tank. We also riveted the cluster bracket which had been waiting for a while. On day 2 we sprayed the inside of the fuselage tubes with CorrosionX protectant. I brought up the turtledeck and we tried it on the hull Here’s a pic of the…
Hull Attach, cut gear holes in hull – 11/27/2015
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We worked 6 hours today and made some good visible progress! Spent a lot of time with levels trying to make sure the frame was the same height on both sides. Drilled stringer holes to attach hull using a right angle air drill. Space is pretty tight, good luck using a normal drill!…
Seat Bushings, Ceiling eyebolts for lifting plane – 11/25/2015
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Worked on minor stuff today, seat bushings and drilling holes in my spancrete garage ceiling to put in lifting eyebolts. We used Redhead wedge anchors and eye nuts from McMaster Carr. New bushing for Seat quick removal Eye nuts in spancrete ceiling for lifting plane Upper Tailpost Support – had trouble getting…
In and out of the hull, wing inventory 11/22/2015
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We took the fuselage in and out of the hull a couple of times during the last 2 weeks. We need to put some hooks in the ceiling because it is getting heavy! We decided that we needed to torque some of the bulkhead bolts so that the fuselage frame would flex less. We…
Trial fit fuselage in hull 10/29/15
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We worked on trial fitting the fuselage in the hull. We cut some holes in the rear of the hull and also changed the pedal footrest to provide more legroom. We need to get a hoist, this thing is getting heavy! Rounding off the push/pull aileron holder because it was hitting the hull. We…
Painted inside of hull 10/20/15
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We spent a couple of hours painting the tuffcoat paint on the inside of the hull. We weighed the hull afterwards and it appeared to gain less than 4 lbs of weight. This paint is a dark gray with shredded tire rubber to make it non-slip. It took 10 minutes to stir with a drill,…
Primed inside of hull, Rudder, Elevators 10/18/15
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We sanded the inside of the hull and washed it to prepare for the 2 part epoxy primer that is the first step for the tuffcoat paint that we have chosen instead of carpet for the inside of the hull. It is a rubberized, textured paint. I’d read about one other Searey builder who had…