Van's RV-6 and ECI Titan Engine Kit build site: September 2011

Thursday, September 1, 2011

This time I am really getting back into it.

I have started work again on the wing. I have riveted the airleron bellcrank support ribs in. All the gas tank nutplates have been installed (all 128 of them). I have installed the pitot tube line and adel clamps. I am working now on getting the .032 stiffener angles drilled onto the bottom of the tank skin. I have to cut all of the access plates in the back of the tank baffle. Then I can start dimpling, etching and riveting the tank together. What fun!
I will get some pics of the updates on the wing soon.

Bottom engine assembly

Case halves going together. We are tightening down the some nuts on the thru bolts to pull the halves together uniformly. Make sure to put nuts on the thru bolts on the other side so you don't pull the thru bolt right thru the case.This where the sticky axle grease comes into play for the thrust washer option. I have to look in there with a light and poke at it make sure it was in place next to the crankshaft. It fell down onto the other washer but it ended up seating up against the crank face and working out.