Jan 24, 2024
Wing Tip
- (3 hours)
Category: Wings
It is possible to attach the wing tips permanently with rivets or removably with nut plates. I opted for nut plates. On the one hand, there is access to the inside of the wing and the lights and on the other hand, with a tailwheel airplane, a wing tip ground contact with possible damage to the wing tips can never be completely ruled out. According to the building instructions, the nut plates should be attached to the inside of rib #9. However, the distance to the edge of the wing tips is only approx. 5 mm. On the outside of rib #9 it would be more, but because the gluing interferes there, the nut plates would be on the outer edge of the rib! So I decided to split the nut plates. One part on the inside and one part on the outside.