Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Wings

LH Tip Rib ( 4 hrs )

Riveted Rib into LH Tip - 6 blind rivets and 13 flush rivets.  Re-installed to mark aft edge for trimming.  Did both LH and RH aft edges - each needing about 1/4" trimmed off.  Fortunately, with the RH Tip I noticed earlier the top and bottom skins would likely separate when I trimmed off that much (the LH was A-OK) due to a void.  They didn't get original cloth and resin fully into aft end.   So I added about 3/8" of cloth and epoxy inside at wedge end.   Once trimmed off, a gap clearly shows this was critical !  I'll fill with epoxy w/ flox now, but it's very solid.

the gap...but it's solid behind.  So will fill flush.