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Left Wing Inspection Cover
So close to Christmas and it is clear that the left wing will not be done by the 25th. Work is the main culprit as Tim tried a couple times to connect with me but I was fighting against a shipment deadline for equipment on ‘critical” project. I made my own bed and slept in…
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Left Wing Bottom Skin Level And Match Drill
Today was perhaps a good example of how quickly things can move along in the assembly process if all the parts are made (like a kit, instead of scratch building as we are) and if we don’t mess around thinking too hard about stuff. Tim was busy until around 1:30 and I had a load…
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Bending Forward Wing Skins
(Been a while since I have updated the website) Dan cut out the top and bottom skins. Now it was time for the dreaded forward skin with the leading edge bend. The factory suggested a U shaped wooden channel and a guillitine type press that pivots on one end. Think of a paper cutter at the…
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Cutting Out Wing Skins
The wings structures are all together and ribs up drilled to the front and rear spars. Next step is the wing skins. We thought we had been pretty clever in our 4′ x 12′ aluminum sheet planning but we discovered once we laid out the wing skins on what is left we will need to buy another…