Lined up the nose skin with the spar, drilled the holes and cleclo'd the skin in place. Also marked the tip rib overhang for later trimming.
Day 5: My First Mistake
After riveting the skeleton in place I pulled out the skin and aligned it with the edge of the spar and with the pre-drilled holes against the ribs. Everything looked good until I got to the tip rib: there was a significant gap between it and the holes. I spent quite a bit of...
Day 5: Riveting the Rudder Skeleton (1h)
With the parts primed I first clecoed the doublers and bottom rib to the spar and riveted them in place. I’d never riveted before so this was a nervy experience but turned out to be real easy and straightforward. After this I attached the remaining ribs and worked my way up the spar until...
Day 4: Priming (30m)
Before riveting it is recommended that you prime the metal wherever two parts will touch. The thinking is that there is a small danger of corrosion at the joins where substances could possibly get between the two surfaces. I toyed with the idea of painting everything but that was a lot of work so...
Update of Sorts
Two weeks in England and now one week at work mean there has been no physical progress on the plane but I did buy some work supplies and, more importantly, I bought the drawings and manuals making me an official builder. Oh, and the maximum weight of the plane has increased.