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Wings
Today I spent a few hours working on the left wing. I started out by removing the flap and aileron, so I could get access to the aileron brackets. Because I didn’t rivet the brackets, I was able to perform the bracket service bulletin. It involved riveted two doubler plates to the backside of the…
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Back at it (finally)
I finally had a little bit of time to get back into the garage! Work has been killer over the last few weeks and I’ve had no energy. But today I got a little bit done. I removed the aileron and flap from the left wing, prepped the flap hinge for riveting and set it…
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To-do list
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve worked on the project. Family parties and graduations and stuff have been popping up and work has gotten very busy so I haven’t had any time to get to the garage. However, I put together a list of what needs to be done on the wings to close…
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Cleaned shop and worked on wings
With the empennage 99% complete (fiberglass work not done yet) I finally got some hooks up on the wall to get everything out of the way. I also spent some time cleaning up the garage and getting things reorganized after I slacked a little and shop got a little messy. I then spent some time…
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Right flap and lower wing skin, pitot tube
Today I rigged up the remaining flap and lower wing skin on the right wing. Here you can see the flap and aileron are perfectly aligned. The gap between the two is 1/64″ under 1/4″ but with final riveting of the flaps and when I rig the aileron I can increase that gap to at…
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Drilled left flap hinges, lower wing skin
Today I decided to knock out the left flap hinges and rigging. I began by aligning the aileron using the bellcrank jig, and slotting a few bolts in the tooling holes in the main outboard rib. Here’s the jig installed along with the lower outboard skin clecoed to the wing. With this installed I was…
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Ailerons and pushrods
Today was a busy day, I helped my mom move some old furniture down to her office, so I had to get a uhaul and load it up with everything. Fortunately it also included a bunch of stuff from the garage, so now I have nearly half the garage now cleaned. More room means easier…
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Horizontal stab and elevators
Tonight I pulled down the horizontal stab and fit the elevators to the stab. The final step in finishing the elevators required drilling the horns to the center bearing. I purchased a 1/4″ OD drill bushing with a 3/32″ ID. I then drilled #40 pilot holes in the horns and then stepped them up to…
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Ailerons and flaps
Tonight I spent some time on the ailerons and flaps. Since I went with the quick build wings the aileron and flaps were all complete except a few things here and there. I started out by attaching the flap braces to the wings, I match drilled and deburred the edges and holes then blind riveted…
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Wings
Today I spent about 6 hours working on the wings and wing parts. I began by cutting the pushrods to length. I then primed and riveted the pushrod ends to the tubes. I then installed them in the wings. The rod end bearings will be adjusted to the final length when everything gets put together.…
RV-7 N890GF 