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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:09 pm

I assembled the left hand side with similar results. This time I was careful to take the springback out of the flanges, so the bottoms were 90 and the tops matched the angle of the front spar in the plans. I did not think that would make a difference for a dry fit, as on the right side the clecoes were able to pull everything in without difficulty. I checked the straightness of the aft spar and the forward spar (with the hockey stick removed for convenience) and they were good. Any ideas? I have the question into Sonex tech support.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:45 am

Skins....
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:32 pm

First rivets!
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:44 pm

My forward spars for my stabilizers are riveted.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:54 am

Ok, I found that WIX-T11-09 rib was the culprit. It was too long, both parts. I am going to hack off the angled tab and rivet on another to make the proper spacing. Lesson learned: if things don't fit measure all the parts and compare to the plans.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:49 pm

We riveted together the right hand tail skeleton. I used AN426 4-4's as I had a regular #30 dimple die I was willing to grind down. These are Adam's first bucked rivets.
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Bucking rivets
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:36 pm

We finished riveting the skeletons together. I drilled on the hinges tonight. I made a little tool to help with the drilling - a piece of furring strip with a groove to clear the hinge.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:14 pm

Skins clecoed. Need to bring the bottoms all up to #30, Adam and I did the tops earlier.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:26 pm

The joy of deburring- it is better when shared.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:06 pm

We are mostly deburred. Tried polishing for the first time.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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