Today, we started off by modifying the Wing cradle we built yesterday. The problem was that the portion of the cradle that the Spar rests on was way to high, which resulted in a fairly significant lean of the Spar. So, we took that section of the cradle apart, cut off 3 inches, and reassembled it. It’s much more level now (we should have taken 4 inches, but I’ll live with the way it is now. In the pictures below, you can see a more level appearance.
With that little bit of business complete, we moved on to riveting the Outboard Leading Edge to the Right Wing. I didn’t take any pictures of this side because it looks just like the Left Wing. We started by installing the rivets (LP4-3 and LP4-4) in the Wing Ribs, Main Spar, and Leading Edge Ribs. Next, we installed the rivets in the Upper Leading Edge to the Main Spar and then to the Lower Leading Edge to the Main Spar.
The picture below shows the Right Wing in the cradle with all the rivets installed in the Outboard Leading Edge.
Here are the Left and Right Wings resting in the cradle.
The picture below shows the Left Wing in the cradle with all the rivets installed in the Outboard Leading Edge.
The final step to complete Section 17 in the plans is to install the Landing Light Lenses. I’ll need to study the plans to see if now is the right time to complete this step OR should we wait until after the Landing Lights are installed. More on this in the next post.
*****176 Rivets Installed*****