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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Trimmed Rib Cap |
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