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Jeff & Jackie's RV-8 Project
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Date: 12-17-2006
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Number of Hours: 3.25
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Manual Reference: n/a
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Brief Description: Right wing tip (lights)
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..... ..... With the cover plate drilled and cleco'd I next drilled the wing tip for #4 nuplates (the exact MS number escapes me, but its the ones from the Cleveland stainless RV wing tip kit which I've decided not to use to hold the wing tips on after all). I then make a quick cardboard template to approximate the lens that will cover everything, and worked out where the light should actually go. I needed it far enough forward such that the aft screw doesn't foul the aft edge of the cutout in the fibreglass, but I didn't want it touching the lens itself. Hopefully it is far enough away so heat isn't an issue either, but at least this way I can make a new cover plate if I need to!! I cutout the big hole for the light to go through using a hole saw, and then Jackie held the ligh in place while I sighted from a distance to ensure it was in line with the chord of the wing. Then we marked through the light for the three attach screws and the wire from teh strobe. I drilled out the three holes to #30 for now, and slotted from the large position light cutout to the strobe wire hole (otherwise how would we get the molex connector through a tiny hole?! Job done. I still need to fit the #4 nutplates into the cutout, and I need to order some #6 screws and nyloc nuts. I also need to build up the front edge of the fibreglass cutout to fix that edge distance problem. Oh, and of course I need to fit the lens itself. I haven't decided yet, but I may make the cover plates out of .040 using this one as a template. I'll phone Aeroware in Auckland tomorrow and see if they have any sheet I can have. Basically, though, I'm happy with the way this worked out.
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The cutout, er, cut out (and drilled for nutplates
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Working out where the light goes
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... and here's the light fitted.
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