Lindy
4/21/2006
Lots of pics tonight! I started tonight by using the digital level/protractor to make sure my spars were level. I had used the bubble level when I built the stands to level the angle that it rests on, but the digital one is accurate to a tenth of a degree. It started great! The first one I set it on was perfect at 0.0. That's the only one that was right on, but the others were less than a degree off of level.
I'll recheck these when I get the spars jacked to remove the sag. Then I ran to Menards to get the protective foam for the leading edge cradles, and I also bought 50' of poly tube that I'll use to run the conduit in the wing.
Then I busted out the Dremel tool to cut some of the excess steel from my rear spar brackets. This was quick and easy work for that tool. This will allow the skin to be installed without worrying about it rubbing the bracket.
I went up to the parts storage room and found the right leading edge W-701-R to begin work on that. First, the blue gets removed inside the skin. The ribs fit really tight, so this has to be done now.
I started clecoing the top of the LE, and by my own fault of leaning in to the LE to place a rib inline with the holes, this happened...
That sucks!! So, I'll be heading back to Menards tomorrow to buy some 3/4 inch plywood. The cradle was probably strong enough to hold the LE together, but not with me leaning inside of it. Oh well, these things happen, and I moved on. It's quite difficult to get the clecos in place while not in the cradle, but I made it work with an awl to line up the holes. I am gonna do the left LE tomorrow after I build another cradle.
Then came a pretty cool part! I cleco'd the LE to the right spar. I'll have to wait to cleco the skin to the spar because it's not level yet, but I did cleco the ribs to the spar! COOL!!
And...the angle brackets that I built WILL allow me to install the skins without notching the angle. That's cool too!
All in all, a pretty good night!
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