Rivet holes drilled and Oratex has arrived!

My 15 year old, Robby drilling out all of the fabric rivet holes.

My Oratex arrived,  Missing an end, but all appears to be in order.  We still need to body fill both wings, and rought the nav light, and recognition light wires.   Then when it warms up, we'll start covering the wings.

Aileron and Flap Fabric backing Plates

The fabric backing plates are complete.  As you can see, I applied zinc chromate to them. Per Richard Holtz (Sheepdog), I used a non phosphorous version from PTI.  I used this because Oratex requires some type of aluminum prep.


All that is left to do on the wings are to install nut plates to the #9 rib for the wing tips, and applying body filler, and of course sanding.  On past projects I used Super-fill, but I consulted that factory and they are using Z-Grip by Evercoat.  I looked it up on YouTube and it looks pretty cool to use.  I am not going to start the fill till after I get out to the hangar.  It will make too much mess in the "Wife's" Basement.