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<TD vAlign=top>New metal cutting bandsaw from Harbor Freight...The upper wing saga continues. It seems never-ending. Both wings have been tramelled for a while now with their new drag blocks - all is OK.
The tip bow was finish sanded and looks nice. TIP: On the plans, the tip bow profile shows a radius with a kind of french curve look, I replicated this with a lot of hard work, there really is no point - just use a regular round-overrouter bit set up in a shaper [or in my case, a router bolted inverted to a box with a hole in it].
Both wings were taken outside, flipped over, and set back in the spar benchjigs on opposite sides of the bench, ie the left wing is now bottom-up, but sits on the right side of the bench. The good news is, both wings slotted perfectly into the opposing jigs..'means I have some consistancy somewhere! The left aileron well is now complete with 1/32 ply forming the radius in the well.Spar filler strips [with a 1/8 gap each side of each strip to allow for drainage] were then fitted.I removed the spar bench jigs so I had clearance for clearcoating. Iclearcoated the left wing under-side [now facing up]to completion [2 coats]. It was then turned overso I couldapplyclearcoat to the areas I couldn't get to previously.
I am fitting the old type external flying wire brackets because I have SS wires to match that format already. I made a mess of 3 of my brackets which I had acquired in a trade, so I decided to finally go buy myself a metal cutting bandsaw and do some steel cutting. The brackets have now been cut and match drilled. I usually get fittings powder coated, but i want these brackets on now, so I am going to primer them instead today so I can put them to bed tomorrow.
To do: right wing -aileron well, finish sand tip bow,clearcoat.
then
Fit LE ply to both wings, feather-in the foam tips to the LE ply with Superfil,finallysplice the two wings together, fit center section bottom ply, clearcoat,then hang on the wall..phew.
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Ply aileron hinge wells...
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My first steel work!...