Saturday, May 20, 2017

Left Wing, cont. filler work

Some sanding and another coat of  lightweight filler was applied the left wing.  After drying and some more sanding, we are now finished with the top surfaces of the left wing.  I forgot to take a picture of this before we flipped the wing over, so took a few shots from underneath after the wing was inverted on the table.

Filler applied around a lift-strut bracket (Wing is upside down)
Filler applied around the fuel-tank (Wing is upside down)

We also glued a wooden rib strip to the tank as mentioned in Appendix F of the manual.  The strip was beveled with a sander so that the joint came out pretty even on both ends.  The strip was fastened in place with epoxy, and held down temporarily with a few miscellaneous things lying around the shop while it dries.  Hours: 2.0

Rip cap strip glued down with misc weights on top

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