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, January 12, 2010

Tying up loose ends

The last couple of days I have been working on little bits and pieces all over the wing. I have installed all of the nutplates and dimpled all of the back screw holes in the gas tank. Some of the screws you can't use a normal dimple die so you have to use a male die and a screw. I put grease on the screw and run it in so when it starts to dimple I don't mar the spar flange with the die. I also grease all of the threads so they don't gall. Cad plated screw will stick in the nutplates after some time and I have a heck of a time on other peoples airplanes getting screws out. I grease mine so I never encounter this issue in the future. I have also riveted the stub rib to the rear spar, made up all the spacers for the aileron bellcrank and installed in for now. I will take it out when I rivet the skins on so it's not in the way. I have also riveted in the bellcrank rib braces. Now I have to start acid etching the skins and prime them. Then I can start riveting the skins on. I will start with the leading edge skin. You rivet that together in a cradle then put it on the wing spar and complete the riveting and bolt the ribs into place. Then will come the top skin. Once that is completed I will work on the gas tank. That will take several weeks to get it all together and sealed.

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