Brief Description: 1: Right Wing Root Fairing plus Wing Bolts
Today I finished the right wing root faring. Gee, things go a lot quicker the second time round, hey.
Before final fitting of the fairing I also made sure the fore and aft wing attach bolts were done. No dramas on the forward bolts. I simply drilled a small 1/16" hole in the attach bracket and added safety wire. The aft bolts, however, require a castle nut and cotter pin.....only problem is there is not enough room to swing a spanner. I ended up finding two different make spanners, slightly offset from one another. Plus I ground the edge out of (the cheaper) one so I could swing it just a little further before hitting the wing skin. By inching the bolt aroiund in the smallest of steps I could eventually line up the castle nut with the hole in the bolt, and therefore enable a cotter pint to go in. I then inched the assembly around enough to enable me to fold the cotter pin "legs" over. Phew, what a shitty design. Just a little more spanner room would be appreciated. Oh well, done now.
The right wing root faring is done
Safety wire on both forward wing attach bolts
Castle nuts and cotter pins on both wing rear spar attach bolts....these were difficult
