Fabric plates for rear lift strut attach points

Michael constructed another fabric plate for the rear lift strut attach bracket.  We've been primarily working on the left wing, but this is a part that will be used (eventually) on the right wing.

While Michael was working on this, I welded up a small tool that will help us align and drill holes in the fabric plates.  It's basically a strap-duplicator (hole-finder) that has a small nub on the bottom strap that will drop into an existing hole, and a thicker plate on the top strap with a 1/8" hole (for a drill bit) that is precisely aligned with the nub.  This allows us to precisely locate and drill holes in the fabric plate that lines up with existing holes in the strut attach brackets.  The two straps were made from an old band-saw blade that was in our recycle pile.  Nice to be able to find a new use for these old parts.  Hours: 2.5

Strap duplicator (hole finder)