While the leak test for the left fuel tank is in progress it was time for a quick task: making a doubler to compensate the misalignment of one nose rib and the leading edge skin.
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Category: Skins
Fixating inside leading edge ribs
The inboard leading edge ribs needed fixation before attaching the fuel tank.
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Leading edge skin right wing
Last week I worked on the leading edge skin of the right wing which was more work than anticipated.
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Leading edge skin and ribs preparation
Before I can add the leading edge skin of the right wing some minor tasks needed to be done.
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Landing gear cutout
When I received the replacement bottom skin of the right wing I noted that the landing gear cutout was larger than then the skins shipped with the kit. After consulting TAF is was clear that this was an improvement and I had to enlarge the cutout on the left wing as well.
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SB0014
Executing SB0014 and replacing the aluminium rivets with stainless steel rivets.
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Rivet top skins right wing
Finally it’s time to close the right wing.
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Avdel rivet test for SB0014
I received the stainless steel rivets for SB0014 and did some tests with them before shooting them into the main spar.
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Clarification – Service Bulletin #0014 – Rivet replacement on centre and wing spars
I had some questions about this SB and received the answers from TAF that I’m allowed to share.
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Top skins right wing replacement
I received the new top skins for the right wing.
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