page of pain…
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:30 pm
by dboeshaar
Greetings!
I am about to start the page of pain: SNB - F02
Yikes! Scary!
Any front end advice?
Dkb
Re: page of pain…
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:55 am
by Area 51%
Make sure any measurement you make is repeatable.
And if you get the chance…practice on someone else’s airplane.
Re: page of pain…
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:13 pm
by BRS
dboeshaar wrote:about to start the page of pain: SNB - F02
Excuse my ignorance (second owner not builder), what is on page F02?
Re: page of pain…
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:44 pm
by XenosN42
dboeshaar wrote:Greetings!
I am about to start the page of pain: SNB - F02
Yikes! Scary!
Any front end advice?
Dkb
Believe in yourself. The first step to success is saying “I can”; the first step to failure is saying “I can’t”.
Re: page of pain…
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:27 pm
by Area 51%
BRS wrote:Excuse my ignorance (second owner not builder), what is on page F02?
wing rigging
Re: page of pain…
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:01 pm
by Bryan Cotton
dboeshaar wrote:Greetings!
I am about to start the page of pain: SNB - F02
Yikes! Scary!
Any front end advice?
Dkb
Go slow! We built a stand to level the fuselage. Spirit levels for the wingtips, just a long clear vinyl tube filled with blue windshield washer fluid. Lots of measuring between the wingtips and tail. Then it’s just a matter of drilling 4 holes.
Re: page of pain…
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:31 pm
by dboeshaar
It took 4 hours with four people on an RV-9A to drill two holes.
This must be TWICE as difficult!
(Thanks Bryan for the spirt level tip. Off to Home Depot for clear vinyl tubing!)
Bryan Cotton wrote:Go slow! We built a stand to level the fuselage. Spirit levels for the wingtips, just a long clear vinyl tube filled with blue windshield washer fluid. Lots of measuring between the wingtips and tail. Then it’s just a matter of drilling 4 holes.
Re: page of pain…
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:45 am
by bvolcko38
Are you attaching wings? I use a surveyor level and made stands. Follow the steps to the letter and you can’t go wrong