Next was the left side ribs. Painful having to repeat steps, but at least Jasmine provided some moral support.
Also prep’d the new left front spar.
Ya, I’m the fat guy doing the work.
Some finished ribs and spars
Archive for September, 2008
And now for the left rib and spar
Saturday, September 27th, 2008New Ribs
Friday, September 26th, 2008Prep’d, installed, and match drilled the new right main ribs.
Bad Ribs
Friday, September 19th, 2008Fit the HS-404 and HS-405 ribs. Drilling didn’t go well. I already didn’t like the way they looked and this was just too much. Ordered some new ribs!
Skinning the horizontal stabilizer
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Put the skin on the horizontal stabilizer for the first time.
Prep’n Ribs
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Got the left HS ribs ready. This consisted of deburring the edges and lightening holes and fluting them to straightening them.