Weathering the storm
Hours: 0.1 | Posted in Spars & SkeletonFinally back to the project again, after an insane two weeks. July 10 brought severe weather moving across the area, a tornado 3 miles east of here, and associated straight-line winds. Those winds brought down 5 trees, blew out half the porch windows, and downed our power pole. Five days and one large electrician’s bill later, we were back on the grid. Spent considerable time with a chainsaw cleaning up; thankfully neighbors & friends came by to help out as well. That week was followed up by a 60-hour week on the job, so nothing much was accomplished besides work, eat, and sleep. Today, I was able to temporarily fix up the ignition system on the garden tractor (will need a new coil, but it’s operable), so the light was green for a return to the plane.
So, the front spar prep is basically complete, with the riveting on of the two nutplates at the inboard end of each spar. Van’s sent out the six missing nutplates after I emailed them about the inventory. Next is prep of the rear spars, then the massive rib deburring task begins.
