Darick's Sonex #1646

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Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby Darick » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:47 am

I ordered the kit Oct. 2013. I got off to a slow start due to a house remodeling project that needed finished first. So far I've completed the horizontal stab, vertical stab, pitot tube assembly and right aileron, in that order. The building would go faster if I wasn't so picky about the details.
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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:59 am

Looks good Darick!
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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby Darick » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:53 pm

Just thought I'd add my version of the forward rib mod which is now on the wing.
The original picture was lost in a cyber black hole and showed more detail than this old picture. But here's what I did. I cut out the space between the two lightening holes and added a stiffener in between, one on the top and one on the bottom which is evident by the extra nine rivets. The small stiffener was shaped like a bullet, that is rounded off on each end, with a 1/8" bend along one side, much like the gussets on each rib.

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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby SonexN76ET » Mon Sep 08, 2014 12:36 pm

I wish I had done the forward rib mod like yours so I could more easily connect the flap push rods to the flap handle actuator. My wrists and knuckles are still raw from trying to thread the nut and bolt and put in the cotter pin! This should be a mandatory mod! Looks great!
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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby Darick » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:36 am

Progress continues...right wing finished and will continue with left.

Wing lighting wires run through the forward tooling holes for the first few ribs, then after the pitot tube, the wires are routed through the aft tooling holes.

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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:20 am

Darick,
I saw the progress on your blog, looks great!
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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby Darick » Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:12 pm

Finished the right wing and hung from ceiling. Now to begin the fuselage.
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Taildragger, Aerovee, center stick, Prince P-Tip Prop
MGL E1, F2, V6 radio, Sandia Xponder, Reserve lift indicator (AOA), iFly 520
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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby ScottM-Sonex1629 » Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:45 pm

Sweet! Nice job Darrick, your wing storage solution looks vaguely familiar!

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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:10 am

A cool milestone!
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Re: Darick's Sonex #1646

Postby Darick » Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:05 pm

In my mind, another milestone...the fuselage takes shape in just a few weeks.
From this
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To this

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