Well, today was an inventory day as the wing kit arrived here yesterday morning. This morning I installed a few more shelves and put some brackets on the wall to hang the parts trays. The wings are just that much more complicated so we wanted to make sure that we keep ourselves as organized as possible. Once we got going on the inventory, we first inspected the boxes for any damage and I must say that they were packed exceptionally well.
We next opened the crates up (and we're talking about some old school wooden crates here) and the fact that the wings are much larger with many more pieces hit home. Lots of dohickeys, thing-a-magics and whatcamacallits in this one! We made sure that all the pieces were included in the kit and none of the large pieces was missing or damaged (did I mention that it was packed really well).
Finally, we inventoried the nuts, bolts, rivets, etc. The scary part is that we're going to have to install about 400 nut plates somewhere on the wings. (Each nut plate means 2 rivets so that's a lot of work). There was only a couple of nuts missing for the pitot static system. Van's has been great and will probably have those nuts on their way to us as soon as we call. In any case, they won't be needed for a long time. From start to finish it took about 3 or 4 hours to make sure that everything was included in the kit.
The parts we ordered for the rudder have arrived so we will hopefully wrap up the rudder (as far as we can take it before the inspection) on Tuesday night.
The boxes after arrival, and prior to being opened.
Scott anticipating the opening of the boxes.
The newly installed wall mounts for our rivet containers.
The first box being opened.
The top off of the first box.
Scott taking a look at the packing/inventory list.
A look inside the longer box containing the wing spars.
A closer look.
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