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Date:  1-7-2019
Number of Hours:  3.00
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Brief Description:  "N" Struts

Plans:
1. Prepare the aluminum "N" struts and cabanes for paint.
Status: Started. It was open house today in that I had 5 visitors. Lots of fun but not much progress. I was still able to clean up the hanger a bit as it had become very untidy. Tools were strown about and sawdust created while setting up the scaffolds was everywhere. I was still able to get two of the six "N" struts chemically treated to take paint better. It's about 30 minutes per strut so I expect another day or two with this process before getting back to cutting and fitting.

I took the opportunity to work on improving the sweep angle a bit more as well. With the cabanes and center wing securely mounted, the lower wings were tweaked about 1/32" in yaw. This had the effect of improving the "N" strut alignment error and the error as measured from each wingtip to the tail post. At this point "N" strut alignment is close to perfect. The error to the tailpost is 1/4".
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Aluminum Prep Station

Aluminum Prep Station

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Right

Right "N" Strut Error

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Left

Left "N" Strut Error

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