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RV-6A - GBC
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Date: 12-27-2010
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Number of Hours: 8.00
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Manual Reference: Various
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Brief Description: Insert left wing - 1st time
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Removed the left faux spar and started wiggling the wing spar into the slot, With help from my daughter, we managed to work the spar almost into the slot entirely but had to stop several times to align the rear spar and the overlap in the fuselage bottom skin.
Only got two large bolts (street h/w) into the spar and steel ties, but ran out of wiggle room. Think that the rear spar 'may' be too long and fits too far into the slot ... seen this on a couple of other web sites. Tomorrow I'll double check plans and measurements. In additon, did not get the rear spar 'down' into the pinch point far enough to align the bottom skin.
Of course, this is only one wing and there is a lot to do to level the fuselage, and prepare to align and set angle of sweep and angle of incidence. This is a first attempt in order to work on plumbing, push rods, flap rods, controls and other components. When I am ready to move forward, I'll have the process studied and refomed on this first wing insertion.
There is a rain/snow front moving into AZ and it will be a while before I can open the garage door for a couple of days to insert the right wing, and lots to do in preparation.
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Supported and waiting
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Inserted and pinned
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Rear spar pinched in
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