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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Match drilled rivet holes in left wing: 8.4 hours

All the rivet holes for the left wing have been match drilled except for one leading edge rib.

After match drilling the main wing skins I attached the leading edge skin. This is a very, very tight fit and I used a method from my Orndorff wing construction video that used ratchet straps. It made the process a non-event.

After opening up several hundred rivet holes I took a break and unboxed my Dynon heated pitot tube. It has an electonic temperature control so it only uses the minimum power required to keep it free of ice. This unit also has an angle of attack pressure pickup for future use.

 

Positioning the leading edge skin:
 

Dynon heated pitot / aoa tube: