I'll spare you the nitty gritty details, but the left wing went together with no problems....
Despite a nagging worry, I even managed to get the wing/strut mount plate mounted in the right direction, and even on the bottom of the wing not the top. (Ok, the Dremel got away from me once.)
Ok, ok... I'll admit it. Just like the flight is never over until the airplane is chocked, the build is never over until all the rivets are in. I got to the third to last rivet and started patting myself on the back too soon, and mismeasured drilling a rivet hole by 3/8". Not structural, and it will be invisible when the covering is on. But it was a reminder to stay humble.
I realized I was going to have to move the wings around the hangar so I've put wheels on the jigs.
And with the wings done it's moving and cleanup day.
But who can resist setting things up?
That's pretty close to the actual span and chord of the wing.
Now there's room to build a fuselage....
Time to crack the books. That bag is some of the hardware to build the fuselage with.
The fuselage is a long build so we'll be working on it for the next year or so.
Despite a nagging worry, I even managed to get the wing/strut mount plate mounted in the right direction, and even on the bottom of the wing not the top. (Ok, the Dremel got away from me once.)
Ok, ok... I'll admit it. Just like the flight is never over until the airplane is chocked, the build is never over until all the rivets are in. I got to the third to last rivet and started patting myself on the back too soon, and mismeasured drilling a rivet hole by 3/8". Not structural, and it will be invisible when the covering is on. But it was a reminder to stay humble.
I realized I was going to have to move the wings around the hangar so I've put wheels on the jigs.
And with the wings done it's moving and cleanup day.
But who can resist setting things up?
That's pretty close to the actual span and chord of the wing.
Now there's room to build a fuselage....
Time to crack the books. That bag is some of the hardware to build the fuselage with.
The fuselage is a long build so we'll be working on it for the next year or so.
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