Alex's Vans RV-10 Build Log

Moving on to the right wing ribs, I deburred and fluted those following the same steps as I had for the left wing ribs. No issues were encountered, and once all ribs were done I was ready to move onto the final match drilling steps prior to priming. Right wing torque tube support bracket drilled and clamped in place on the root rib After placing both spars into the workbench I clecoed the 12 most inboard ribs in place. These need to have bolt holes match drilled into the flanges, using the bolt holes in the spar as a guide. Ribs requiring bolt holes to be drilled clamped in position I drilled all the bolt holes while supporting the rib flange from behind with a wood block. The bolt holes were first drilled to #13, and then reamed to #12.  Care had to be taken while drilling through thicker parts of the main spar assembly because attempts to drill all the way through resulted in chips collecting inside the hole and the drill bit getting stuck. To remedy this, I drilled for a few sec...

With Van's latest guidance and testing of laser cut parts, along with their revised affected parts list, the only parts I have recommended for replacement (based on their very conservative testing strategy) are the following red and yellow labeled parts:  A-1005-1L - Main Rib A-1005-1R - Main Rib A-1015-1L - Inboard Nose Rib A-1015-1R - Inboard Nose Rib FL-1004-L - Flap Nose Rib FL-1004-R - Flap Nose Rib W-1010-L-1 - Inboard Wing Rib .032 W-1010-R-1 - Inboard Wing Rib .032 W-1025B - Flap Hinge Rib W-1029A-L - Torque Tube Bracket W-1029A-R - Torque Tube Bracket W-1029B-L - Torque Tube Bracket W-1029B-R - Torque Tube Bracket Blue labeled parts have a lifetime equivalent to punched parts, so those do not need replacing.  To close out section 13, all that remained was to rivet the spar extensions and splice plates to the main spars. Once I had the spars securely clamped to the workbench, these rivets were easily bucked. Right main spar clamped in position for riveting the spar ext...