Wed 04 February 2004 |
| The first job of the day was to sort the funny shaped hole for the pitot mount. I started by using the hole drills to get points at both ends of the shape. | 
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| Then it was "scary tool #2" - the rotary burr. This got the shape pretty close. | 
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| Then it was back to the old fashioned file and scotchbrite pads. | 
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| The finished product ended up really neat and tidy. More parts for the priming pile. | 
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| Then I riveted the nutplates onto the pitot mount. | 
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| The FIRST completed sub-assembly of the project, not quite the normal VANs order but never mind.... | 
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| Next I riveted the Horz Stab central bearing, this is normally the first assembly to be built. | 
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| I found the AD4-5 rivets suggested too small and used AD4-6 for 4 of the 6 holes. | 
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| Next up was the aileron mount brackets. What I hadn't worked out was some of the rivet should be AN426's (countersunk) so I ended up having to drill after priming. | 
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| The brackets cleco'd ready for riveting (the rivets are top left of the drawing). | 
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| The riveting needed the longeron yoke to get the maximum travel for the AD4-11 length rivets. | 
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| The finished brackets ready for the wing trailing edge. | 
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| Meanwhile during the day Dad deburred and sorted the RHS lower skin. | 
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| We also completed the dimpling of the lower skin and finished the edges. | 
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| The skin and pitot mount cleco'd back onto the wing structure for safe storage. | 
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