It's finally starting to look like a real wing, as the top fabric sheet has now been installed on the right wing. For this process, we first glued it to the perimeter of the wing and used irons to remove wrinkles. We then shrank the large fabric surface at the lower setting (250 degrees), which helped pull it tight across the leading edge, tank, and ribs. We again used small irons to remove wrinkles around the tank and the leading edge. Next, we glued any remaining fabric contact areas that were not yet attached (portions of ribs, leading edge, and trailing edge). At the ends of the wing, we cut the fabric with pinking shears, leaving enough to wrap around the edge of the wing. Then we glued these edges down after applying 3 layers of glue to the edge.
After the edges were glued down, we cleaned out the fabric rivet holes with a drill, then applied some reinforcement tape across the holes, and used a rivet gun to install all the rivets along the ribs. Lastly, we finished shrinking the top fabric surface in two stages at 300 & 350 degrees. Hours: 5
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| Top fabric surface installed |
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| Fabric wrapping around end of wing |
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