Van's RV-9A in Aurora

The Big Picture

The Big Picture
Flying! 8/28/2011

Sunday, January 4, 2009

4.8 hrs
Major progress on the right wing. Finished match drilling the top skins, including the stringers.

Moved on to the bottom skins. Discovered that once again, had not left enough room for the bottom skin to clear the support arm. So took the wing off the stand and reinstalled allowing enough for the outboard edge of the bottom skin to clear. It sticks out a half inch for the extra material required to attach the wing tips. Katrin helped me with this and with initial installation of the bottom skins.



After correcting for that mistake, clecoed the bottom skins to the right wing frame. It's amazing how strong the wing gets with both skins in place. Tomorrow is more match drilling, then right leading edge install.

Mailed the order for two Duckworks install kits on Saturday. When they get in, I'll resume work on the left wing.