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My aim is to fully finish the two wings, so the first job was to fit plywood gussets between the drag tubes and main spar tubes. I shaped them slightly to fit neatly, then cleaned off the powdercoat, abraded, cleaned with MEK and glued - the usual gluing procedure.
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Root doublers - they reinforce the holes in the main spar tubes. The manual says to lay the doubler on top of the tube as a pattern, but this is not possible in 3 out of the 4 cases, since a rib is in the way - I phocopied the doublers and used this copy (with a bit cut off) as a template. This is a picture from the underside of the wing, the doubler is held in place with clecoes. I have now glued and rivetted them into place. They fit INSIDE the wing spar, they are shown on the outside in the picture since I used them as a guide only!
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The butt rib fits onto the fuselage using T pieces. The ribs need lining up carefully (gives me chance to check out how beautifully my wing folds!) before drilling, rivetting and gluing. There should be a 1/16" gap between the butt rib and the first rib in the wing.
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This is the other side of the butt rib. The rib needs fitting once the root doublers are in place. You can just make out the white T piece immediately to the left of the two clecoes in the picture. I still need to glue and rivet the T piece into the fuselage.
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I'm getting there (at least with the right wing). I'll do the cable runs next, before turning my attention to the other side of the plane. Next page