Did the deburring and scuffing last night. Neglected to take any pictures. Shot the primer this evening. My firewall parts order showed up so included those as well.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 2.0 |
| Fuselage Time (hours): | 57.5 |
| Total Time (hours): | 512.0 |
Tag: scuff
Scuffed the parts
Scuffed all the aluminum parts. Ready to prime.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 0.5 |
| Fuselage Time (hours): | 48.5 |
| Total Time (hours): | 503.0 |
Cut, deburred, and scuffed mid fuse parts
Peeled the blue vinyl from all the parts.
Cut the parts that needed to be separated on the band saw.
Deburred all the edges and scuffed the parts.
Ready for priming. Plans call for reaming several off the holes to .311″. I didn’t have a .311 reamer so ordered that from McMaster. Should have it by next weekend’s build session.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 3.0 |
| Fuselage Time (hours): | 3.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 454.5 |
Pitot mast fit and all remaining wing parts prepped for primer and assembly
Cut, deburred, dimpled, and scuffed all the remaining wing parts to prep for priming. This included the aileron trim, the aileron push tubes, the inspection covers, and the wing tip ribs.
Fabricated a bracket to secure the pitot mounting bracket to the wing rib.Drilled the holes in the mounting bracket to match the holes in the rib. Then match drilled the new rib bracket to the mounting bracket and the rib. Match drilled everything to the skin and cut out the hole for the pitot mast using 1/2″ drill, Dremel, files, and sand paper. Pleased with how everything came out. Should be nice and secure once everything is riveted together.
Dimpled and scuffed the skins. Everything is ready for primer and assembly.
Ordered avionics and hoping to get the A/P servo, pitot tube, and magnetometer installed before closing up the wings. I also ordered tubing for the AOA line and wire for the pitot heat. Hopefully I’ll have everything and be able to get the wings buttoned up next week.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 6.0 |
| Wing Time (hours): | 239.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 391.0 |
Dimpled all the flap parts
Dimpled all the flap parts and scuffed the skins.
Everything is ready for priming and assembly.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 2.0 |
| Wing Time (hours): | 156.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 367.0 |
Primed everything and Riveted left top skins
Scuffed the top skins, wing walk doublers, and stiffeners and wiped everything down with acetone.
Mixed up a batch of P60G2 and shot everything with primer.
Clecoed the left skins and doublers to the left wing substructure.
Remy helped my rivet the skins to the ribs and spars. Prefers bucking and I prefer shooting so it all works out.
Finished riveting the spars and ribs and clecoed the J stiffeners in place. I’m really pleased with the result so far. The riveting went really smoothly. No dents!
| Today’s Time (hours): | 5.0 |
| Wing Time (hours): | 80.5 |
| Total Time (hours): | 291.5 |
Much progress on rear spar
Peeled the vinyl from all the parts. Did the minor cutting and fabrication called out in the plans. Cleaned up and deburred all the edges with file, deburring tool, scotch brite wheel, and sandpaper. Scuffed everything with a scotch brite pad.
Assembled and final drilled the aileron hinges. The inboard hinges are from the service bulletin. I’m surprised they haven’t updated the plans yet. Had to follow the SB instructions.
Clamped the spar doublers to the spars and match drilled them.
Drilled out the aileron pushrod hole in the inboard doublers and cleaned them up with the Dremel.
Clecoed the right rear spar together with the wing assembly.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 4.5 |
| Wing Time (hours): | 59.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 270.0 |
Work on the ribs continues
Netflix and scuff! Sophie deburred and scuffed all the ribs while I was traveling this week. Awesome job!
I fluted and straightened all the ribs.
I assembled and final drilled #30 the torque tube bracket assemblies.
I clecoed the torque tube bracket assemblies to the inboard-most ribs and final drilled them to the rib webs.
I clecoed the flap brackets and flap bracket ribs to the inboard and outboard wing ribs and natch drilled all the #30 holes.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 10.0 |
| Wing Time (hours): | 34.5 |
| Total Time (hours): | 245.5 |
Rinse, repeat, right spar complete
Match drilled the J channel to the spar.
Machine countersunk the nutplate attach holes.
Riveted in the nutplates
Countersunk the screw holes.
Machine countersunk all the skin attach holes.
Riveted in the nutplates at the tip end of the spar.
Riveted the doubler to the spar and installed the tank attach nutplates.
Final drilled, deburred, scuffed and primed the aileron bell crank brackets
Installed and torqued the aileron bell crank brackets.
Right spar done!
| Today’s Time (hours): | 4.5 |
| Wing Time (hours): | 21.5 |
| Total Time (hours): | 232.5 |
Left spar complete
Riveted the spar to the doubler with the 5 AN470 rivets using the squeezer. Then shot the tank attach nutplates using the gun.
Final drilled and deburred the left aileron brackets.
Scuffed and primed the aileron brackets with rattle can.
Installed and torqued the aileron brackets to the spar.
Put up the left spar and moved the right spar to the bench. Hopefully I’ll get that one knocked out tomorrow.
| Today’s Time (hours): | 1.0 |
| Wing Time (hours): | 17.0 |
| Total Time (hours): | 228.0 |
Ron's RV-14A Build Log 