Author: Ed

I had a very busy night, but I still wanted to get SOME progress made in the riveting… so I busted out a quick half

I made some good progress tonight. I got the right leading edge section fully riveted, and a good start on the left leading edge.

With the primer fully cured, I started final assembly of the leading edges. Tonight I was able to get one leading edge clecoed together and

This afternoon was sunny and cool, so I was able to set up some saw horses and get all the leading edge parts primed up.

Everything dimpled.

Like the title says, the leading edge parts have been fully deburred and scuffed in preparation for priming. It works better to scuff before dimpling

After disassembling the right wing leading edge, I countersunk the splice strip where the nutplates will rivet on. The rest of the night was spent

Tonight was the same as last night, but with the right leading edge instead. Both leading edges are now ready for deburring and dimpling, then

While I’m waiting for my new squeezer yoke to arrive to finish the wing top skins, I decided to start on the leading edges. These