Tag: Wings

Wings, flaps mounting underway

Despite having to drive down to Sarasota today to visit my mother-in-law, I had to get something useful done on the project this morning before leaving. So…I mounted the left flap.

While that might not seem like much, it means that the left wing is now ready to temporarily mount on the fuselage. I’m aiming for late afternoon tomorrow, once some assistants become available. Standby…

Right flap now mounted to its wing which, itself, is ready to temporarily mount on the fuselage.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the space (despite having a 3-car garage dedicated to the project) to mount both wings simultaneously, so it’ll be one at a time with any remaining tweaks to be done at the hangar during final assembly sometime this fall.

Fuselage underway and aileron mounting

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Just some of the fuselage kit contents. What a vast quantity of bits & pieces!

Oh, yeah – and some more skins, too!

Right aileron mounted to wing.

First pieces of the mid-fuselage going together.

Priming time! Good thing I checked ahead for the overall fuselage diagram, as some of these parts won’t be primed. Instead, they’ll eventually receive the interior’s finish color paint.

Primer shot.

Doublers and side channels riveted to bulkhead bottom channel.

Wings riveted, fuselage inventorying

Right wing now fully riveted and ready for the wing stand.

Right wing now stored with its mate for a few months while fuselage construction is underway.

Thanks to Jean, Paul, and Tony for their assistance in repositioning the wing this morning.

Fours hours spent inventorying the fuselage kit over two days and I’ve only just finished working with the parts. All of the hardware is yet to be done. Probably another several hours to go. Lots and lots of “stuff” in this kit, with some items being quite large.

The project is about to very rapidly grow unwieldy…