I met Mike at the airport tonight to pick up his wing cradle. Here’s a quick pic. Assembly still required.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
So tonight I used the Bullock Method for wing jacks to support the spars from sagging on the stand. The Bullock Method, as I’ve named it, is pretty simple. A couple blocks of wood and a long bolt make a very quick and effective adjustable jack stand. I refuse to buy stuff if I don’t need it, and this was no exception. I had most of the hardware laying around including the wood. Its even easier if you have your dog do the work!
Here is the result. 
Finally, I ordered some parts from Van’s Aircraft. I bought the replacement parts for the tie down brackets I messed up, 50′ of conduit, and the proper screw eyes for the tie downs. Hopefully it will arrive before the weekend.
Wings 5 (7.0 hrs)
Here are the wing ribs prior to priming. Squire is, as always, extremely excited to be part of the priming process. If only I could get him to use the HVLP gun. Due to my poor estimation of primer required, priming took more than twice as long as it should have. I really should take notes so I can properly estimate these things…. 
My first batch of primer got me almost half way. In a previous post, I mentioned some poor performance of the HVLP gun. After the thorough cleaning and care I gave it last week, it performed better than it ever has, and I couldn’t be happier with this priming job!
Finally the ribs and spars are hung on the wing stand! The outboard ribs still need to be fitted as I don’t have the main spars correctly attached to the stand. I wanted to see how everything looked first, and give it some thought before proceeding. Regardless, I’m very happy with the progress this weekend. Now I need to redo the tie down brackets, and order conduit. 
