3d Printed Wedge
I ordered the little close quarters wedge from Cleaveland Aircraft Tools last weekend, but I’m still waiting for it to arrive. Meanwhile, I thought I’d try making a temporary one out of plastic. Pretty quick work to design the part in Fusion 360 and then send it to my...
Left Wing Wiring Installed
Time spent: 6.3 hours Busy day doing various tasks on the left wing. First, I ran the pitot & AoA lines and built the little standoffs per the manual. Since it was nice outside, I built a little fixture so that I could prime the inside of the wing...
Assorted Bits Arriving
I’ve been busy again with a few other things (planning for a wedding is surprisingly complex!) but that allowed time for some parts to arrive. First, I realized I needed to buy a pitot tube, since wing skin close-up comes very soon! I have a Garmin GAP 26 on...
Prepping More Wing Ribs
I spent about 4 hours over the last 2 days preparing a bunch more ribs for the wings. You can see page 9 of the manual in this picture, which is where all these ribs (and more) are required. I still need to prime the edges. We’ve had an...
Left Wing Spar Assembly started
Got started on the aux wing spar late last week and into the weekend, it’s coming along pretty well. I ran out of the primer that I was using (SEM), so I had to use some backup primer (Rustoleum) for the wing skin support bracket – it’s not as...
Painting by the Garden
I have some artistic friends who would tell me that my version of “painting by the garden at night” is a little too literal … nonetheless, my left auxiliary wing spar is now primed 😬...
New Sling TSi @ Oshkosh 2018
I had an exciting week at Airventure 2018! I decided to return after a 10-year hiatus – figured I was overdue, especially since I started building my own plane this year! It was a fantastic event, with lots of beautiful home builds and exciting air shows – I’ll have...
Distractions
OK, this post is not really related to building my plane, but I wanted to share a little about another transportation device I just recently acquired – a Tesla Model 3! I’ve been waiting for this beauty for more than 2 years – though I’ve wanted to make the...
Buying a second rivet gun
I’m buying a second rivet gun – as I mentioned in my earlier post, it’s pretty common for assemblies to use both 3.2mm and 4.0mm rivets. Changing the bit on the rivet gun is a little annoying (even if it doesn’t take too long) – it’s about the same...
Video of Rivet Trimming
This seemed to be much easier than filing down 26 rivets...