Tonight I surprised myself by finishing the right wing gap fairings. It was much faster on the second wing, probably because I streamlined my process and moved more quickly through the riveting.
No issues to report, this was a mirror image of the left wing.
Tonight I completed the left wing aileron and flag gap fairing riveting. I hand squeezed all of the rivets. The only place I did anything differently from the plans was the most inboard rear spar rivet on the aileron fairing, where I used a cherrymax pop rivet instead of a solid rivet. I used a 4-2 cherry max because the clearance on the forward side of the spar was so small, I wouldn’t have been able to safely buck the rivet.
Tonight I clecoed on and started riveting the flap and aileron gap fairings, on the left wing. I only had an hour in the garage so I didn’t come close to finishing the riveting, but I made a start.
Tonight I dimpled the aft-most rows of holes in the wing top skins where the gap fairings will attach. I also riveted the stiffeners to the gap fairings, and installed the access port doubler on the left wing.
Tonight I primed the flap gap fairings, landing light brackets, and the access panel doubler for the left wing.
It took me a while to get set up again, since it’s the first time I’ve spray painted since moving last year. I had to go buy some purified water, and just finding all the stuff I needed took a while. Everything came out looking ok.
After a week being out of action with a flu and cold, I was able to spend an hour or so in the garage tonight. I deburred and dimpled the gap fairings for both wings, then dimpled the holes. I’m hoping to get a chance to prime a bunch of parts tomorrow, so I can start riveting things onto the wings.
