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Date: 11-18-2009
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11/18/2009
Assembled Leading Edge - 2 hours
Last night I got dad out to the shop and we riveted the leading edge together. We then riveted it to the spar by the ribs - still need to rivet the skin to the spar. For the picture, we just set the tank on the wing to see how the joint is between it and the leading edge - it looks promising.
In slightly related news, my wife is pregnant with our first. This is relevant to this project, because I have decided to sell the project when I finish the wing kit. I know, I know, it seems like I am giving up on my dream, but I am not - I'm just putting it on hold for a while. Instead of having the project sit in my garage for 10+ years, I am going to sell it and free up some debt we have, hopefully before the baby arrives. In the future, I sincerely hope to revisit a home-built airplane. So that's the plan.
11/25/2009
Finished Leading Edge and Installed Tank - 4 hours
Last night I finished riveting on the leading edge and attached the tank to the wing. The fit-up between the tank and leading edge had some pillowing, like my other wing and so many other builders experienced. To remedy this, dad and I drilled out 5 rivets on the top of the leading edge and installed shims between the skin and tank attach strip. After doing this, the tank fit the leading edge like a glove. We installed the fuel probe wire and installed the tank on the wing - there are a LOT of screws, and a lot of bolts, and my hand was cramping bad after finishing. We clecoed the top inboard skin on and called it a night.
BTW, I found out today we are having a little girl in April.
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