Ailerons and more fuel tank work

Today we worked on a couple of things.  First, we worked on sealing and riveting the fuel tank today.  Next, we started working on the ailerons.  For the tank, it was deja vu.  We sealed and riveted another couple of ribs.  We've decided to time limit the tank sealing sessions because the smell is horrible.  A few hours is enough with that smell. After that, we started working on the ailerons and it was nice to work on something completely new.  The ailerons are a little different because they have a stainless steel tube that is used as a counter-balance.  We match drilled the reinforcement plates to the aileron spars and then worked on drilling the counter-balance tubes to the ribs.  After that, we cut all of the stiffners and prepped them.  Our final step was to match drill the stiffners to the aileron skins.

The tank after a little more progress.

A shot of the tank from the "inside" view.

 Time to change it up for a bit, a fresh start for the ailerons.

A shot of the ailerons with a few pieces cleco'd together.

Scott working on cleaning up a few pieces for the ailerons.

Riveting the tanks

Today we worked on riveting the fuel tanks.  Because the tanks need to be leak proof each hole needed to be cleaned, some pro-seal (aka midnight-grey death) added, the rivet inserted, the rivet set and then the inner and outer skin cleaned.  We got about half way done with one tank today.

A picture of one of the tanks after the day's efforts

Rolling, rolling, rolling down the side street

Today we finished up much of the right wing.  We riveted the gap fairings to the top skin and rear spar.  Finally we prepped (deburred, dimpled and primed) all of the bottom skins.  Once that was finished we used the wing stand to take the wings to Darren's house (hence the title).  Unlike the last time we rolled a wing to Darren's we got a few confused looks this time.  As usual with Ontario, no one would actually think to ask what we were doing -- if this was Saskatchewan (where people are friendly) I figure the move could've taken an hour as people stopped to talk.

Before we started work today we moved some of the bigger pieces of the fuselage kit over to Darren's house and cut up some of the wood left over from Home Depot aircraft supply (the fuselage crate lid, the wing stand, etc) to clean up the shop.  We even vacuumed. 

To put the icing on the cake that was today, Saskatchewan beat Calgary to win 1st place in the West!  For the first time in 33 years Regina will be the host of the Western final.  Go Riders!  I wish I could make it home to see that game.

A picture of the wing wing prior to transport.

 

Scott working on prepping one of the bottom wing skins.

Scott finishing up clecoing the bottom wing skin prior to wandering down the street.