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Wings - Closing |
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| Fuel sender, near root rib. | First fuel bay top skin on. Eleven more to go. | Top skins on and filled. |
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| Final fuel bay closed. | Pressure tested. A good step, fixed a couple gaps in the top skins and will need to address a small leak at the fuel sender. | "S" conduit for electrical. |
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| Holes for electrical runs. | More holes. | |
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| Ailerons in primer. Almost ready to close the wing. | 9 - 2'x4' panels BID'd for top skins. | |
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| Top skins cut to size and bottoms prepped to bond. | Other side done too. | Transponder antenna set in place. |
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| Slider blocks in and greased. | Aileron linkage checked. It is very smooth. Inspection panel below. | Another view. |
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| Nav 2 antenna, (redundant) | Pressure relief holes, another view of Nav 2 antenna. | Inspection cover. |
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| Other inspection panel and aileron control linkage., | FM music antenna. | ELT antenna. Gap filling CA works well. |
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| Wings closed. These little blocks and drywall screws will come off next week. | Other wing closed. | Cove lay-up. Peel-plied to keep the edges down. |
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| Low spots filled, cove filled, all corners rounded off for the UNI layers. | BID wrapped the counter- weight section. | Fuel filler neck ready to bond in. |
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| Spar gap filled. | Foam sanded. | Read spar trimmed to fit stub wing pocket. |
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| Filling spar/wing. | Bond-in nut plates for rear spar (stub wing) | Leading edge glassed and peel-plied. |
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| Hard to see, aileron gap lay-up. | Wing tip rough cut. | Take your kid to work day 2006. |
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| Aileron Gaps - I'm happy. | Another shot of aileron gap. | Wing tips shaped - not a great photo. |
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| Stub wing prepared for closing. | Top skins, prep'd and release tape for access and inspection covers. | Stub wings closed, every bit of weight used! |
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| Stub wings closed, then glassed. | Wings attached and rear spar attached. | Covers for rear spar arm. |
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| Opened up inspection - access panels on stub wings. | It worked, and I was able to get the main spar bolt. | Wing tip on, flap gap l ready for glass. |
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| Stub wing inspection covers cut filled and shaped. | Wing tips glassed. | Micro'd part of the wing tips and landing light areas, to prep for smoothing and eventual molds for plexi-glass cut outs. |
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| This side wing root is about done. | Detail work on the stub wing, extended a lip around it. | |