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Larry Winger's 601XL Project
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Date: 9-4-2010
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Number of Hours: 7.25
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Brief Description: Reassembled right wing
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This was one extremely productive day. It started with the layout and cutting of L angles for the top skin. These were pre-drilled and back-drilled to the skin. I removed the L angles from both the top and bottom skins and deburred and primed them. After they were riveted, I thought I was ready to close up the wing, but I took one last look at the plans, and I'm glad I did. While the photo guide is no substitute for following the plans, no mention is made of adding additional rivets along the top and bottom main spar rivet line (20 pitch) from the inboard end to the 5th rear rib. I guess I wasn't done, so I set out to drill and add rivets to the bottom spar cap. Then I repositioned the top skin and made the necessary additional holes. Finally, I began the riveting process tonight, starting with the oversized A6 rivets menitioned a few entries ago. This was my first time to pull any this big, and they really require some serious pressure to set them with a hand riveter. Because of the larger holes I had to drill, I chose to extend the 20mm pitch to the end of the extruded top cap. NOTE: I didn't see this when modifying my first wing, so I'll need to go back and do that next.
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Riveting begun
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One last look inside
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Alternating A6 and A5 rivets
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