by Rynoth » Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:07 am
The amount of clecos suggested by Sonex is a bare minimum... as in, it can be done, but you'll have to get creative at certain points when the cleco bin goes empty (such as wing skin installation.) I have just over 100 copper and silver clecoes, and ended up needing to partially updrill at times during the wing build just so I could spread out the use of both types of clecoes. I also ran out of copper clecoes during my forward fuselage build because I didn't rivet the floor, and it took up a big chunk of my cleco supply as I moved to other fwd fuselage parts.
Also, even if you ordered the pre-assembled spars, I've found the black clecoes to be quite useful during windshield fitting, since it uses 8-32 screws.
Get at least 2 cleco pliers. I still only have 1, and curse myself every time I have to walk across the shop to grab/find it. I could have probably saved myself a couple hours in my entire build if I'd just spent a few bucks on another pair of pliers or 2.