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RV-9A Wing Construction Log
Friday, June 04, 2004
Top skins cleco'd on...
I cleco'd the top skins on the right wing and hung it back in the stand. I deburred the tank screw holes.. I need to dimple them and then I'll mount the tank on the wing.
I plan to rivet the skins on this weekend.
FYI, as I previously mentioned, I cleco'd the skins on while the wing skeleton as laying on the table. I ran fishing line down the holes to make sure the spar was straight, cleco'd along the main and rear spars for both skins, then went back and cleco'd the ribs. After hanging it back in the wing stand and leveling it on each end, there was no twist and no sag. I think this is a good way to go. Using the jack in the middle to make the spar level didn't work to well for me. Or maybe I'm just to picky. The jack seemed to raise the middle of the spar but the places between the jack and the wing stand seemed to sag a bit. Just my thoughts...
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