Brief Description: Drill Left Wing Tip to Left Wing
Today Heather came out to the hangar with me and held the wing tips in place while I drilled them to the wings.
The fiberglass tips need a bit of work before they fit perfectly. The leading edges will need some filler which won't be to bad.
However, the trailing edges are another story...
1/5/2012 - Warning - Do not follow the plans which say to begin at the leading edge and drill aft while alternating holes between the top and bottom. I did this while Heather focused on pushing and holding the wing tip as tight as possible into the wing - both inward and forward towards the leading edge. This resulted in the trailing edge sitting about 1/4" about the surface of the aileron. What I found out later when I went to remove the wing tip by pulling out all of the bottom clecos first is that the tip sagged right into position and flush with the aileron with just the top clecoes holding the tip on. I ended up redrilling the bottom holes in the fiberglass tip after clamping the trailing edge flush with the aileron and having just the top clecoes in. I'll be using an aluminum reinforcement strip so that should cover the missed drilled holes on the bottom along with some epoxy filler.
Heather helped me drill the left wing tip to the wing
Gap in the leading edge of the left wing tip that needs to be filled
