Friday, April 11, 2014

(page 16-04) Stall warning tab

With the stall warning switch assembly ready for installation, luck would have it that the wing hanging from the rafters (left) is the one which needs the switch installed.  Also, the construction manual calls for the left wing to be skinned first, meaning I have to get the one on the table up to the rafters and the one in the rafters
on the table.  This is going to require carrying the right wing out to the driveway, lowering the left wing to the table, carrying it to the driveway, placing the the right wing back on the table, raising it to the rafters, then, finally, placing the left wing on the table.  Problem is, there's a construction dumpster (house remodel) blocking the way.  Haven't solved this one yet.

Moving the un-skinned wings around makes me nervous since the ribs are quite frail and floppy in their current configuration, most of them attached only at the spar.  As with the rest of the airplane, once the skins are riveted in place, the structure feels quite solid and substantial.  The skins come next and I'm looking forward to that.  I'm hoping to continue my "one in the rafters, one on the table" procedure after

the wings are complete, since I have nowhere to put them.  Most builders fabricate a roll-around cradle for the wings in which they can be stored nose down.  Maybe I'll do this when I rent a hangar and move the project into it.