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Buck's RV-8
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Date: 1-6-2015
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Number of Hours: 5.50
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Brief Description: Forward spar attachments
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You know it's a good day in the shop when you end up using ALL of your tools to complete a task. Such was the nature of the job of attaching the forward spar attach angles. The right wing went fairly smoothly. I had it final-profiled, drilled, and bolted to both the fuselage and the wing in about an hour and a half.
Because I had elected to install my fuel lines and fuel selector quite a while ago, I was presented with a much more daunting prospect on the left wing. Everything was a challenge, but after using just about everything in my toolbox at least once, and fabricating several tools to help move things along, I got it all done. My back might need a day to rest, though...
The only jobs remaining on the attach-angles are to install the nutplates on the aft faces of the angles, cut the slot in the tank angles, and safety-wire the bolts. I'll do the first two jobs when the wings come off, and the third one when they are reattached permanently.
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The completed right forward spar attachment (minus the nutplate on the back).
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Drilling the left forward spar attachment angle.
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