Safe and sound.
4/6/07 Well after much anticipation, the wing kit arrived at work today! I can't wait to get started!
There are 120 nutplates on the wing spars for the fuel tanks and 24 for the inspection plates. Each nutplate has 3 holes that have to be machine countersunk. The center hole becomes too big for the countersink to stay centered and not chatter so you have to clamp a piece of metal to the spar that has a centering hole. Pretty time consuming considering the number of holes.
Wing kit, about $6000. Leftover mexican food at 6AM, priceless!!
It's so nice Spring is here so I can primer outside.
This compressor pump was on its way out. Building an airplane without air is like growing a garden without water. It just isn't gonna happen.
So here's the new pump! It's amazingly quiet.
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