2016-01-05

Riveting the front spars to the skin and inspar ribs to the front spar assembly. Then clecoed everything together to get ready for the final skin rivets. Few of the parts needed more paint as you can see on one picture – done as well.

Corrosion protection is important, especially if you plan to fly close to the sea / sea resorts. On the other side, there have been a lot of Cessnas flying around for 50years or more with no priming at all – and they are still here. It really depends where you operate the plane and how well you treat it (hangar).

2016-01-04

The Skin, inspar ribs, nose ribs,  stringers – dimpled, deburred and primed.. The preparation is slow but needs to be done before riveting. Double checked everything then again clecoed the nose ribs to the skin – ready for the first rivets.