Lindy
4/22/2006
I spent a good amount of time in the shop today, but I can't count all of it as build time. I'm not counting the time spent rebuilding the leading edge cradle, or the time the other day from building the rear spar brackets. So while I was out there most of the afternoon, I actually did very little work on the airplane today. Oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes...
This time, the wood I bought is 3/4" Oak smooth finished plywood. Nice stuff, and very durable. Also relined the cradle with 1/4" thick by 3/4" wide foam rubber weather stripping.
Then I finally got to working on the airplane. Since I'm not going to work with the main skins until I jack the skeleton, I went ahead and put the left LE in the cradle, and cleco'd the ribs in place. These two pics are just for fun for me. The difference is no flash on the left, and, of course, flash used on the right.
I just like how the mirrored finish of the alclad made these pics turn out.
Then I cleco'd the left LE to the spar just for fun. They will both need to come off in order for me to back up a bit to do the main skins. After those are done, the LE's will go back on for drilling.
0.75 hours