Today capped off a few tasks I was doing over the past week. First was some work with the the fuel cap assembly. I modified the retainer that goes in the fuel tank and the fuel cap assembly to a #11. I also modified a few other parts for the assembly and then fitted them together with the cap assembly in order to transfer drill through them. I still need to drill the hole for the fuel vent because I didn’t have a 25/64″ drill bit. Once that is done, the cap assembly will be pretty much ready for the final installation.
The next big step was finally getting all the stringers and ribs riveted. I had been waiting to do this because I did not have the parts to do the aileron bell crank. Some aileron cables were not formed correctly from the factory, so I’m waiting to get the correct ones before I rivet in the root rib. Once that is riveted in, I can get the rest of the fuel tank fittings installed and start working on the leading edge skins. I did make some mistakes here that I don’t think will be an issue. The leading edge rib clips had called for AN-42 rivets and the trailing edge called for AN-43’s. In some lapse of understanding I used AN-43’s on the leading edge clips as well. I realized it once I saw how few AN-43 rivets were left and the fact that I still had a whole other wing to do. The 43’s are longer than the 42’s and that appears to be the only difference.
Getting closer every day,
(4 h)
