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Kupe's Zodiac 650B
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Date:  11-1-2013
Number of Hours:  2.50
Manual Reference:  6-W-7, 6-W-8
Brief Description:  Right Wing Nose Rib Drill Out and Top Skin

Finished drilling out the right wing nose ribs and clecoing them to the main spar. I paid special attention this time to the distance from the main spar top flange to the main spar bottom flange around the nose of each rib. This will ensure the leading edge skin fits appropriately around the nose ribs along the entire span of the wing.

With the nose ribs drilled out, my wife and I fetched the top skin out of the basement and I spent the next few minutes aligning the skin with the skeleton. Once in place, I drilled out the top skin to pilot hole size. The whole job, while time consuming, seemed pretty routine after having done this before. The biggest "challenge" is getting used to this wing being a mirror of the left wing after months of working on a "left-handed" wing.
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Nose ribs all trimmed and drilled into the main spar.

Nose ribs all trimmed and drilled into the main spar.

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Nose ribs all lined up.

Nose ribs all lined up.

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Right wing top skin all drilled out with pilot holes.

Right wing top skin all drilled out with pilot holes.

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