August 2009 Pictures


Another coat of overpriced primer. A lot better on the pinholes this time, but there's still more.



Pinholes galore on the gear leg fairings though. :(



Marked the rivet holes on the bottom rudder fairing























Top of rudder fiberglass tip



Since the top fiberglass piece fits inside the skin, you have to countersink the fiberglass for the skin dimples. These glued in aluminum strips provide a good bite for the pop rivets.












Pop riveting on the top fiberglass tip






These holes get nutplates for the empennage fiberglass fairing



Using the nutplate as a drill guide






The VOR / GS antenna mount



In order to maintain the necessary egde distance, I decide to cut off half the nutplate and only rivet one side. This is the Horizontal Stab fiberglass tip that may need to be removed in order to access the VOR / GS antenna






The lower Horizontal Stab fairing strip



Machine countersinking for the #6 dimples



The longeron gets tapped to 6/32 for the #6 screws









Same deal with nutplates on the Horizontal Stab for the empenage fairing screws






Work on right wingtip



Tons of nutplates to install


















This rib goes in the rear of the wingtip



To disconnect the aileron I had to remove the flap



Aileron disconnected



Rib set in place and marked



Top drilled clecoed, just a couple holes



Reinstalled wingtip, clamped and drilled couple holes in bottom



Removed to drill all holes



Complete!



























































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