Wing Trailing Edge and Strut Brackets

Started working on the right wing trailing edge.  As with the left wing, the trailing edge is comprised of two lengths of factory formed aluminum pieces. The were cut to final size, deburred and clamped in place.  At each rib, a single hole was drilled.  The holes were deburred and dimpled to accept a countersunk rivet,  The rib cap strip was countersunk at each hole to accept the dimpled trailing edge.  For the time being, everything is just cleco'd in place.

We moved on to locating the jury strut attach points using the same methods as the left wing.  The location of the brackets was marked with a Sharpie to be precisely located and drilled later.

Finally we attached the wing lift strut with AN4 bolts and checked for proper location.  Since the wing was setup at the factory, this was more of a check than anything else.  The strut attach bracket was clamped in place on the rear spar in preparation for drilling.  Hours: 4

Right Wing Lift Strut Attached

Right Wing Lift Strut Attach Bracket Clamped in Place

Work on Right Wing has begun

Today (after a bit of a hiatus due to other jobs that got in the way), we resumed work on the airplane.  We had previously finished most of the work on the left wing, so now we started on the right wing.  The first below picture shows the two happy builders with the left wing in our garage shop, anxious to continue building our Highlander.

Michael and Ed with the left wing

We started by installing the wingtip braces.  We had already made the braces when we worked on the left wing, so all we had to do was install them.  After some sanding, cleaning, drilling, epoxying, and riveting, we had the braces installed.  Below is a picture of the two braces (the two angled tubes) installed on the wing.  There are two stainless steel rivets in each end.

WingTip braces installed on left wing

 Next, we trimmed the ribcaps so that they were flush with the ends of the ribs.  We used small blocks of wood that we clamped to the ribs to use as a guide for the saw, as we learned (from the left wing), that it's easy to get the saw angle wrong without a guide.  Hours: 3.0

Trimmed Rib Cap