RV-14 Build: Ripping apart my completed wings, more laser cut part woes - Service letter SL-00092

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[@bertschb]

So sorry you have to tear apart your wings to remove LCP's. I was lucky in that I hadn't started on my -14A build when I learned about laser cut parts. Thanks for sharing your build with us.

[@CaseyRamo]

Ouch. Nice job. It looks frightening. You did great! 🎉

[@ericthomas8147]

Thank you for sharing this. I would rather have to build two new fuel tanks from scratch than have to do this, but alas, like you, I must.

[@DavidMuroII]

Same! Brutal

[@RyanE67]

@@ericthomas8147 the work isn't difficult... It's more heart breaking than anything. Hopefully this video helps boost your confidence to get it done.

[@flightsimguides]

some days I wonder if Vans wants us to finish our projects.

[@davidwendt2805]

That was painful. Let me know if you need a beer!

[@RyanE67]

I'm ok, but I do need to get those Cleco's back to you!

[@davidwendt2805]

@@RyanE67 - no rush at all. They are infrequently used on the 12.

[@bovineone]

Hopefully everyone doing this has the rivet heads on the flap bracket facing inboard, otherwise drilling them out from the tail side would be much harder

[@RyanE67]

@@bovineone as you see... They can be installed either way, nobody thinks about disassembly during "this is forever" assembly mindset😂

[@ericthomas8147]

I think I got lucky and all my hinge rivet heads are inboard. It was not planned that way.

[@RyanE67]

If you look closely at how you plan to re-set rivets while inside the wing, you may decide (like I just did tonight) that it'll be easier to upsize to all cherrymax 5's and re-drill everything #20

[@shannonboehm2979]

4:08 in, what is the circuit board-battery?

[@RyanE67]

@@shannonboehm2979 that's the control board for flyLED nav and strobe lights. Just used a little 3 cell lipo battery to test it.