Category: Wings

I got all of the ribs assembled into the leading edge skins today. I need to go back and smooth the forward edges some more on more of the ribs but I can do that when I’m disassembling them. I also got the J channels installed and match drilled them to the skin. Luckily I’ve had plenty of practice at doing that with the wings and the empennage kit so it didn’t take a huge amount of time.

I got the leading edge modified ribs cut and deburred today. I also got some time today to cut the cradle parts and get them put together. I wanted to get that done today so that I can work on things tomorrow while it is raining outside without having to worry about getting my wood working tools out of the shed.

I got the J channels cut to length, deburred and marked today. I also got the splice strips cut off of the tank skins that I have stored in the attic and got them deburred as well. Not alot of work done today but I didn’t have a ton of time.

I had extra time while on calls and during breaks to finish this work. Only took another hour and 15. I need to look at what step is next and get started on that but that will have to wait till tomorrow. I gave the builder’s number a call at Van’s to double check the VB-11 cradle’s location and they said it should have been drawn on the crate the wings came in. I did not see that when I was looking the crate over so I’ll just have to create them from scratch using one of the ribs as a template.

Brendon was going to be doing band stuff tonight so I decided to take the night off with him. I’ll have to skip tomorrow night with him too since we have church tomorrow. I decided to go ahead with the next section and start straightening and fluting the ribs. It usually takes a bit of time for that anyways and it is something I can do alone. I finished all of the ones on the right and still have the ones on the left to finish.