Van's RV-9A in Aurora

The Big Picture

The Big Picture
Flying! 8/28/2011

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

6.6 hrs since last post
Due to a busy week and cold weather, haven't been in the garage much. But tonight got the heater cranked up and put in 1.6 hours.
Finished edge deburring top outboard skin. Used one of the tables to hold the skin. Put cushions from the patio furniture (which is wintering in the garage) under the skin to raise it up nearly level with the deburring wheel. This had the side benefit of a nice low friction, scratch proof surface to slide the skin over while working the edge down the wheel.

Next, feathered the leading edges of the inboard/outboard skins where they overlap. This is going to take a little more fine tuning to get just right.
Then started dimpling, starting with the wing walk doubler. After dimpling, then priming and final assembly.

Also put in 5 hrs over the course of 3 days the previous week. All of it was skin deburring and edge cleanup.