02-09-2013: 4 hrs
A productive day today. I mated the fuselage and wings by myself. I sprayed WD40 on the main spar and center section which make the mating quite eventless. The wing spar slid right into position. After spraying some WD40 on the hardware store bolts, the bolts were inserted with some gental tap using a rubber mallet. All went well.To m surprise, almost everything fit perfectly without much adjustment. I am amazed how acurate the pre-punched kit is.
Four bolts are inserted to the right wing spar
Four bolts in left spar
Right rear spar fits well
Left rear spar fitts perfectly
I will measure the distance between this location on the tail to wing tip
Distance measured as 172-3/4" to the aft tip of the wing
The left wing tip is measured as 172-3/4" as well, right on
Fuselage is adjusted to be leve laterally, the level shown here is at left side
Level at right side, still showing fuselage is level laterally
Fuselage is leveled in fore-aft direction
Close-up view of the buble
Four plumb bobs are hung from the leading edge, they line up pretty well
Left wing outboard plumb bob, right above the straight line stretched between wing tips
Inboard of left wing
Inboard of right wing
Outboard of right wing
Incident angle is set
Bulble is right at the center with 3" spacer at rear spar
The 3" spacer is at rear spar
Fwd end of the level angle is aft fwd of butt joint of leading edge and top skins
Incident angle of right wing is set in similar manner, multiple locations are checked
Bulble is right the center at inboard location
Measured at outboard location
Left rear spar and wing root clamped
Right rear spar and wing root clamped
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