Wing Kit

Dimpling and Deburring Wing Stuff

 

04/25/04, 5.0 hrs

 

Not much to report regarding forward progress on the plane.  After drilling holes for the better part of yesterday, I spent a couple of hours deburring the following parts:

  • Lower wing skins (debur)
  • Fuel tank / Leading edge joint plate (debur and dimple)
  • Leading edge skins and ribs (debur)

For the leading edge, I also drilled out for the plate nuts that will eventually be used to mount the fuel tank with.  Not real exciting stuff here.  Only one picture today.

Tami got back after spending the weekend with my sisters and mother.  Another one of them "girls weekends".  That makes two in a row for her.

As I figured, she spent the majority of the weekend shopping with my sisters.  That is it... She is grounded from "girls only weekends" (at least my shopping side of the family).

She sort of redeemed herself as she helped debur when she got home.  It sure makes that repetitive process go a little faster when she helps.  WooHoo.

 

04/27/04, 4.0 hrs

 

Log entries are continuing to be short.  I had decided to go with the capacitive fuel senders and I am getting close to working on the first fuel tank so I thought that I would take a look and see what parts were included with the kit.  This sure looks like a lot of parts just to indicate fuel tank level.  After looking the print over, I decided to shelf the fuel tank for the night and work on the leading edge instead.

I dimpled the leading edge skin.  This went pretty well.  Tami was planting flowers so tonight was a one builder operation.  I knocked as many dimples out as I could with the pneumatic squeezer and what I couldn't get with the squeezer, I had to break out the C-frame for.

I have decided to prime the inside of the wing skins.  I just can't believe that it would add any more than a couple of pounds to the overall weight.  My wing skins are flawless for scratches at the moment, however, the leading edge and the joint plate got scratched when fitting everything together.  That said, I got the leading edge remaining parts alumiprepped and alodined.  I will try to prime the parts tomorrow if the temperature is not to miserable.  It is supposed to be in the 90's and it is only April.  YUK!!!

 

       


Last Updated: April 28, 2004