The FlyLEDs stuff I ordered came in. I was not expecting such wonderful directions to be included so that is pretty cool (and full color). I haven't started building anything on it yet but it looks like a nice project while I wait for other parts (or I'm feeling lazy).
I am pretty sick so kind of low on energy but today I managed to do a little bit of work. First I attached the nose rib and drilled in two more holes that were present on the spar but not on the rib. Then I put on the two inboard mid ribs and drilled one hole into each that was not present. I also match drilled all existing holes.
Then, per instructions, attached all the nose ribs and match drilled them. Next was all the middle ribs which also got match drilled.
I started preparing the skins to put in the cradles but I ran out of energy so it'll have to be next time. Being sick isn't that fun (shocker, I know).
NOW that I have finally gotten the middle ribs done, it is nose rib time. I finished one nose rib just to get an idea of the work involved (pretty easy, I used a belt sander to trim the front as described).
I was tired of working on metal and the temperature today was pretty nice so I went about fabricating the cradle for the stabilizer. The instructions say it doesn't have to be super accurate and I hope that's true because I didn't do a great job but I started by cutting out some blocks from scrap plywood I had from building my workbenches.
Next time I'd use a circular saw and rip them with straight lines but practicing with a jigsaw isn't a bad thing considering I haven't used it yet.