Everything has been progressing nicely with the wings. I finished riveting the rear spars a few days ago, and assembled the right and left wing skeletons today to match drill the rear spars to the main ribs. It takes longer to get all of these components clecoed together than it does to match drill them.
Once the rear spars were match drilled to the main ribs, I attached the outboard nose ribs to the main spar and match drilled them also. The inboard nose ribs make up the fuel tank, and are attached later. A few holes exist in the main spar that don't exist in the ribs, so the spar is used as a guide to drill those holes. A 12" drill bit works well for this, which allows you to flex the drill away from the ribs and keep the drill bit in correct alignment. With that completed, the nose ribs were labeled, removed from the spar, and all holes were deburred.
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| Left rear spar attached to ribs and match drilled |
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| Right outboard nose ribs attached and match drilled |
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| Wings assembled - nearly ready for rivets. |
Holy Crap! You've posted something to your web log! :) Looks good, Sean. I particularly like the pic of you pretending to fly your collection of plane bits...
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