Author Archives: pclifton

I started out today by dimpling all the main ribs and both rear spars. The instructions say you should touch up the spar dimples with a countersink for a better skin fit, but when I did a test fit with … Continue reading →

Got in some more tailwheel time this morning, came him for a nap, and didn’t get a whole ton done as a result. I basically spent all three hours countersinking all the rivet holes in the main spar. I had … Continue reading →

Not much to see tonight, basically just an instant reply of Tuesday. I pulled the top skins and tank off the right skeleton and went to work deburring all the skin rivet holes. Then I did a little shop cleanup … Continue reading →

I’d like to summarize this evening’s work with a simple statement: There are a lot of holes in the wing skeleton. I know this because I deburred every last one on the left wing, and yes, it really did take … Continue reading →

Between sleeping in today and having some non-airplane things to do around the house, I didn’t get in quite as productive a day as yesterday. But hey, I still got some work done. First main goal of the day was … Continue reading →

Nice productive day today. I was supposed to fly this morning, but for the second weekend in a row the weather forced a cancellation. But hey, more time to work on the plane. Despite it raining all night and there … Continue reading →

I’d really hoped to be able to prime the couple of leftover pieces I have today, but unfortunately it rained all day. So much for that plan, maybe this weekend. Instead I decided to start today off by dimpling both … Continue reading →

Kind of a catch-all day, moving towards the point where I start riveting the LE units. At this point the main task remaining is to dimple the skins, along with priming the replacement joint plate and the access cover/doubler I … Continue reading →

Today’s main goal was to have a go at making a replacement for the W-423 joint plate that I found out was fouled up. This turned out to actually be easier than I thought, though it still took a fair … Continue reading →

Well, so much for having a big productive day – though I kind of knew today wouldn’t go so great since I had a flight scheduled in the middle of it. I went out into the garage today thinking forward … Continue reading →