I decided to jump back over to the HS today and get to work forming the replacement reinforcement angle. I did a much better job this time around and am quite happy with the way it turned out. I cut the excess flange off the left front spar (which was also a replacement). Again, much…
Continued work on VS. Match drilled rib to spar attach holes and clecoed on the skin. Match drilled the skin to ribs. Now these are ready to be dimpled, de-burred, and primed for riveting.
Today, I final drilled all holes in the rear spar and prepped the ribs (fluted, de-burred, and straightened the flanges). The VS is a cakewalk compared to the HS. All holes except two are already drilled and just need to be final drilled to size. I finished today with cleco-ing the skeleton together. I was quite…
Finished bending and tapering the reinforcement angle. This time I managed to match drill the Aft Rib to Spar to Front rib quite nicely (i.e., where I screwed up the left side). After this, I final drilled all the holes in the skin and took it all apart. Now everything is ready to de-burr, dimple,…
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