Tail Kit Arrival!

 I received a call today that my tail kit has finally arrived at the local delivery warehouse.  I paid the bill, a whopping $1,125 for freight from the west coast and scheduled delivery for Monday morning.  This gives me the weekend to straighten up the garage and make space.

I have been drilling and countersinking the wing spars the last few days.  I have completed the fuel tank nutplate countersinking but I have run into a snag.  The wing kit does not come with any trim bundles of extra metal.  So I have no extra piece to make a countersinking jig to test the depth with.  So I started working on the tie down for the time being while I wait for the kit.  I am trying to avoid flipping the spar over since I have it all mounted up.  My thoughts are finish prepping the spar before putting it back into the crate for storage.  This way, I can remove the spar and get right to work once I finish the tail kit.  I think it be better to not be mid completion in the one section when going into long term storage.

So I put away the wing spar and cleared off the workbench.  I inventoried the large crate last night and everything was perfect.  I have to do the small hardware bag but that can wait a few days. I’m hoping to do the smaller crate later this week after the holiday weekend.