{"id":145,"date":"2017-03-19T11:15:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T11:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/19\/practice-projects-complete\/"},"modified":"2017-03-24T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T15:16:28","slug":"practice-projects-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/19\/practice-projects-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice projects complete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All projects complete and quite a few lessons learnt! \u00a0Now waiting for the workshop to be signed off so that I can get started on the vertical stabiliser. \u00a0The hardest element so far has definitely been riveting with the gun and mushroom head. \u00a0Twice I have slipped off the manufactured head and dented the skin. \u00a0I think that riveting with the gun is definitely a 3\/4 handed operation. Shaping the leading edge is not easy either and I will take a good deal more time setting up on the kit itself. \u00a0Overall, the section looks okay, my inspector will give me the verdict. \u00a0Tools to order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speed deburrer<\/li>\n<li>More cobalt jobber drills (first one blunt already)<\/li>\n<li>A better way of connecting the compressor<\/li>\n<li>Trailing edge drilling jig<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think I have decided on a primer from Stuart Systems &#8211; EkoPrime. \u00a0Emailed them last night and got an immediate response on a Saturday! \u00a0Looks like you need EkoClean and then EkoEtch before the primer is applied. \u00a0They distribute through Aircraft Spruce which I should be able to get through LAS. I have built a frame from the empennage crate to spray onto but need to screen off the end of the garage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1560.jpg\" alt=\"Vans Practice Project \" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1560.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1560-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1560-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_1560-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All projects complete and quite a few lessons learnt! \u00a0Now waiting for the workshop to be signed off so that I can get started on the vertical stabiliser. \u00a0The hardest element so far has definitely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}