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Rear baffle drilling

This picture is after I started removing things. I had March drilled the rear baffle to the z brackets. This is part of what it's...

Tank to wing fitting

First thing today, I booked the z brackets on to the wing, then dropped the clecoed tank on to them. I worked with it to close the gap...

More tank attachment parts

I continued working through the angles and z brackets. I need to look at my drill press though. Something is going on that is giving me...

Tank attachment

I worked on cutting out the leading edge attachment part. This would go much faster with a band saw, but between the heck saw and...

Prepping tank parts

I started working through some of the track parts to get them pried for tank assembly. One of the parts I looked at was the closeout...

Tank Parts

I am working through de-burring and making as many of the tank parts as I can upfront before getting into more fitting and assembly.

Still Fitting Leading Edge

After Re-adjusting the leading edge, it fit much better. I then match drilled all of the holes I also put the end rib and joint plate in....

More Wing Leading Edge

I spent some time trying to get the leading edge to fit correctly today. The initial installation left a large amount of miss alignment...

Wing Leading Edge Fitting

Today I placed the leading edge onto the wing today. The first fit had the top surface with a pretty large gap between the skins. I did...

Wing Leading Edge and Stall Warning

One of the first steps of assembling the left wing leading edge is getting the components for the stall warning horn installed. The...

Top Wing Skins

Today a started fitting the top wing skins. I started by cutting the wing walk stiffener to size with a pair of snips. The build manual...

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...

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