Tuesday, February 28, 2017

RH Wing Squaring (1.5)

1.5 hours

Before I can attach any skins, I have to make sure the wing is square and free of any twist.

Getting the twist out is pretty easy, you just have to lay the wing flat on a table and make the whole thing level.  However, I found squaring the wing a little trickier.

The way to ensure the wing is square according to the plans is to set the lateral location of the single hole at the end of the rear spar attach plate at wing station 19.0.  That is, the hole needs to be 19" outboard of wing station 0.0, which is the center of the three 1/4" alignment holes in the main spar.  You can kind of see this in picture #2 of Sonex's instruction sheet here:

http://www.sonexaircraft.com/documents/instruction_sheets/SNX-W07-02.pdf

I don't have a square that long, and I have the root rib attach angle and the outboard wing attach block in the way anyhow, so I had to figure out a different way to set the 19" dimension.

I started by marking the center of a 1/4" bolt and putting it in the hole at W.S. 0.  Then I laid a ruler over that and carefully marked 19" outboard on the main spar.


Next I took a 48" piece of bar stock from Home Depot, cut it in half, bent each end a bit, and drilled a 1/4" hole at the end of one and a #40 hole and the end of the other.  Then I bolted one to the W.S. 0 hole, and clecoed the other one to the rear spar hole.  Now I can slide them relative to each other and clamp them to set the lateral position of the rear spar.


Finally, I leveled the main spar the long way, and dropped a plumb bob from the rear spar hole down to the main spar.  Then all I had to do was adjust the length of my little jig until the plumb bob sat on my W.S. 19 line.  That should do it!!




Monday, February 27, 2017

RH Wing Structure Part 3 (2.5)

2.5 hours

I got the whole wing structure put back together and riveted, so this thing is done!





Pitot/Static System Part 1 (0.5)

0.5 hours

Not a whole lot to do here yet since my pitot/static tube is still on backorder from Aircraft Spruce, but I did need to get these tubing holder tabs on before I put the ribs on for good.


Aileron Bell Cranks Part 3 / Aft Ribs #9's Part 2 (0.5)

0.5 hours

Aft Ribs #9's done!!


These rivets inside of the channel were tricky to get!

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Aileron Bell Cranks Part 2 (3.5)

3.5 hours

I went back and replaced all four bushings in these bell cranks, and started over reaming them to try and get the cranks to turn nicely.  I got some good info here:


It took a while but eventually I got both of them moving freely with no slack!




Sunday, February 12, 2017

RH Wing Structure Part 2 (3.5)

3.5 hours

More work on the wing structure.  I got the rest of the forward ribs and spacers pilot drilled to the spar, then I cleco'd the rear spar to the aft ribs.  Everything went together pretty easily and I didn't see any issues, so I went through and updrilled everything.  Finally I took it all apart again and deburred all the parts.  All that's left is to put it back together one more time for riveting!

All 24 ribs on!

Rear spar attached

Updrilling

Everything deburred!

Saturday, February 11, 2017

RH Wing Structure (2)

2 hours

Starting on the RH wing structure.  The ribs and spars all have pilot holes which appear to match up perfectly, so the only real work required was lining up and drilling all the spacers to match.

All the parts laid out

Starting with the aft ribs, and all the spacers which needed to be drilled to match the spar

Aft ribs 1-12 pilot drilled!

I flipped the spar over and got the first few forward ribs done before quitting time