Outer Leading Edge – Part 9

With my parents visiting for a few days, I had my father help me out a little. Got the right wing moved out of the cradle and clamped to my workbench and the leading edge clecoed onto the spar. Then got my dad to help me rivet on the leading edge.

As I was getting the rivets set, I identified a few rivets that I wanted to replace for one reason or another. I’m sure the rivets were ok, but it’s easy to replace in it’s current state. Also going back a few days or with a fresh set of eyes is always a good idea.

I finish up and replace the handful of rivets on the top skin, and rivet the leading edge ribs to the spar. We then shuffle the wing back into the cradle. This gets me in a much better place from a space perspective now that I shouldn’t need to remove the wings from the cradle until I get to the airport.

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