2004 Flight from KKLS

2004 Flight from KKLS
This photo is from when I was flying the airplane out of Longview, WA. This was taken early in the morning..

RV-6 #25188 in flight

RV-6 #25188 in flight
Doug Eves sent this photo of the Ol' girl in flight. Taken from the ground, this is a great shot. You can see he is "relaxing" in his office in the sky...

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Back Drilling the Wing Skins

I have back drilled the outboard wing leading edge skin. The original is .025 and is much longer than mine. I have a .032 leading edge skin that I got from Harmon. My RV-6 wing is the same length as the standard RV-6 wing. However, my gas tanks are longer-thus holding more gas. The leading edge skin is therefore shorter and I have upgraded it to .032. My tank skins are longer than the original and my ribs are closer together for added strength. I have back drilled the four outboard rib locations to my .032 skin. I will have to blind drill the edge rib that it close to the gas tank. The next thing I must do it start drilling the main wing skins onto the ribs before I can start drilling on the leading edge skins.

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