Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Attaching the leading edge to the left wing/spar - 3 hours

It's so much faster the second time round. I made extremely quick work setting the cherry rivets in the leading edge ribs/spar. Not near the struggle I had last time and less scraping and bruising. That modified rivet pulled works great!

Once the ribs where set, I began to squeeze the rivets that attach the leading edge skin to the spar. I started in the middle and began to work my way out. The rivet call out on the drawings are perfect. Used 426AD3-4 for the majority, and upsized to AD3-4.5 where it also had to attach a rib flange.
A great evening with the garage door open made time fly-by.