First, a couple people have asked how I have so much time to work on the SeaRey. Am I retired? Lazy? Living the life of a rich airline pilot?
The answer is None of the above. Back in March I had a mishap with my right knee, the same knee I had surgery on in 2005. At this point it's been determined that reopening the knee will cause more damage than acceptable, and we're on a long term physical therapy program to try to bring it back. I've talked things over with my physical therapist and he says that as long as I'm not kneeling on it or climbing ladders, working in the hangar is Ok and in some cases good for the knee. Glad I put in that wood floor.
So let's finish this wing.
Next was to drill the inter-bay holes for the cuff supports.
And work on the wingtip. The guys on the tech site sent me some images of how much should be cut off and I used that as a guide. Sure enough, when I trimmed it as far back as they suggested it fit fine.
And I filed it down for a smooth edge.
By this time the poor wing looks like it's a cleco porcupine.
45 minutes and a double handful of stainless steel rivets later...
Next will be to install the front strut mount plate. To do so you first make a template off the real one.
I used a bit of scrap wood I had in my scrap wood bin at home.
While my hangar is spacious, my home workshop is anything but.
The answer is None of the above. Back in March I had a mishap with my right knee, the same knee I had surgery on in 2005. At this point it's been determined that reopening the knee will cause more damage than acceptable, and we're on a long term physical therapy program to try to bring it back. I've talked things over with my physical therapist and he says that as long as I'm not kneeling on it or climbing ladders, working in the hangar is Ok and in some cases good for the knee. Glad I put in that wood floor.
So let's finish this wing.
Next was to drill the inter-bay holes for the cuff supports.
And work on the wingtip. The guys on the tech site sent me some images of how much should be cut off and I used that as a guide. Sure enough, when I trimmed it as far back as they suggested it fit fine.
And I filed it down for a smooth edge.
By this time the poor wing looks like it's a cleco porcupine.
45 minutes and a double handful of stainless steel rivets later...
Next will be to install the front strut mount plate. To do so you first make a template off the real one.
I used a bit of scrap wood I had in my scrap wood bin at home.
While my hangar is spacious, my home workshop is anything but.
