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| 1/5/2012 wing and fuselage kits were delivered. |
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| Fuselage box in background. Wing kit in foreground. Wing spar box top right. |
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| Fuselage parts before inventory. |
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| One wing spare on the table the other still in the box. |
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| Fabricating the flaperon hinge brackets. One rivet at a time. |
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| Completed flaperon hing brackets. |
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| Wing spares were prepared to receive their aft and forward ribs. |
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| Ribs being attached to the left wing. I built both wings at the same time. |
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| First skin being prepared to attach. Note wiring for lights in the leading edge. |
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| The 3rd bottom skin is being attached to the left wing. |
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| All three bottom skins attached and wing flipped. |
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| Last top skin being attached. |
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| Jordan gave me a hand one day. A pro with clecos. |
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| 2nd top skin on right wing being installed. |
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| A doubler skin and extra ribs are attached for the step area. |
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| The bottom wing tips of both wing, one covered, one not. |
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| Left wing tip after closeout. Note hand hold and light cutout locations. |
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| Wing tip cutout ready for light faring. |
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| Wing tip light fairing ready for installation |
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| Wing tip light installed (wing is upside down in photo) |
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| This shows flaperon construction. Tubes are counterbalance weights. |
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| One flaperon goes on the back of each wing |
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| I pulled down the fuselage parts and replaced them with the wings and flaperons. Easy does it. |
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| Center of gravity is still on the cabinets. Now I have room to work on the fuselage. |
