Sep 13, 2020     Left wing - (4 hours)       Category: Wings

Mounted LH wing in the wing rotisserie. Notched the spar cap strips and pried them off. These are the pieces that Dalotel originally used to support the skin structure. These pieces aren't necessary with the skin sheets and arrangement of skinning that I'm doing. Going from photos of the original build and from what Ray mentioned, Dalotel used pieces of ply approximately 2' x 2' to skin the wing. I'm using just over 4' x 4' so there are a lot less joints and requires a lot less underlying support (and filler). Following the removal of the cap strips, I chiselled and sanded the remnants away.

Removed the landing gear retract gear and mount. This allowed me to paint the spar in the area that they are mounted. It's easier to do without the top skin on yet. Looking at the LH wing, I realized that the gear retract spring mount was originally painted so I painted the one on the RH wing as well.

Finished the nut plates for the rear spar connector plates. Screwed them in place.

Did some more trimming and sanding to the wingtip bow. Had to mix up a bit of epoxy and flox to fill a couple of low spots. This will allow the top skin to rest nicely on the wingtip bow maintaining the curvature of the upper skin all the way to the tip.