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Right wing assembly – part 5 – Right wing assembly

April 27, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

The plan for today is to start riveting and assembling the right wing. I didn’t post about the prep work and priming in between this and the last post, by now we all know how much of a thankless job that part of homebuilding is. I would like to say, just for those who are […]

Right wing assembly – part 4 – Aileron bellcrank rib

March 22, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

In today’s post, I’m getting back to the last rib to install in the wing, which is the aileron bellcrank rib. The first thing you might notice is that the rib attach angle on the spar is facing the opposite direction. In this previous blog entry about the Left Wing Skeleton Build Up, I describe […]

Right wing assembly – part 3 – Rear spar

March 9, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Now that all the ribs have been located (with the exception of the aileron bellcrank rib), the next step is to locate and drill the rear spar to the ribs. For me, the best place to start the work of locating the rear spar is to begin with getting the end ribs perfectly perpendicular to […]

Right wing assembly – part 2 – Leading edge ribs

March 8, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

In the last post we left off with getting the outboard ribs located (# 12 and 13) as shown below. Then I got the leading edge rib attach angle clamped in place. On the backside of the angle, I marked the edge distance and a centerline down the flange that is clamped against the spar. […]

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