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Fitting Wing Skins

I was able to start fitting the wing skins today, the first step was to verify the wing was square and without twist. Step one was...

Wing Skeleton Riveting

I finished up the wing skeleton today. In hindsight it probably would have been easier to build this flat on a bench than in the fixture....

Wing rib to main spar attachment

I started attaching the ribs to the main spar today. I began by removing the rear spar, and taping off the doublers to avoid damaging...

Back to Actual Wing Construction

I got the garage cleaned back up, and am ready to start on the wing skeleton construction in earnest. I clecoed all of the ribs to the...

More wing woodworking

Since I was building things from wood anyways, I built the wing storage fixture. I still need to pad it, but I have stored it away for...

Shop Work - Wing Fixtures

Today I did some woodworking. I am building the wing fixture, since it will be much easier to manage. I also built the leading edge...

Primer Clean-up

I put most of the ribs on the shelf and cleaned the garage up. I have the main parts for the left wing skeleton out and ready to go

Primer

I was able to set-up to spray primer on all of the rib parts. I laid as many ribs out on my screen as I could, and hung the rest from a...

Finished Straightening

Peter helped me finish straightening the wing ribs today. I stacked them up on the shelves to get them out of the way for now. I also...

Still straightening

I worked through the rest of the leading edge ribs. The tank ribs are off on the shelf since they won't get primed. There were a couple...

Straightening

I worked through a stack of ribs, straightening them first with the fluting pliers, then squaring the flanges, and then straightening...

Done Deburring Ribs!

I finally finished up de-burring all of the wing ribs. Now I can move on to fluting to straighten the ribs and squaring up the flanges....

Deburring is Fun!

Still working through the leading edge and tank ribs. All of the holes are done, as well as all of the edge breaks. I am working...

Still De-Burring

I finished de-burring the main ribs today, and have moved those onto the shelves to start on the leading edge and tank ribs. I am going...

More De-burring

After getting back from IL, its back to work de-burring wing ribs. I am about 2/3rds of the way through the main ribs, but have not...

Rib Deburring

I started deburring the wing ribs today. I started by clearing all of the nose ribs off of the workbench so I had a little more room to...

Rear Spar Riveting

I got some time to rivet the rear spars together today. I almost missed dimpling the trailing edge holes near the thick stiffeners. ...

Rear Spar Assembly

Today I put away my painting supplies and clecoed the rear spar together. We had a busy day, so not much building time.

Begun, The Primer Wars Have

This evening I tried out my new primer set-up. After the kids went to bed, I headed out to the garage that I had already turned the heat...

Finished Deburring rear spar

I finished Deburring the rear spar components. Next o need to get some primer and a bigger compressor. I am planning on using an epoxu...

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