Outboard Leading Edge

Here is one of the outboard leading edges of the wings.  I cut the wood cradles from some plywood to hold the leading edges in place.  I am on the table putting clecos on the backside of the skin to secure the internal ribs in place for drilling.

The ribs have been clecoed in place and ar ready for match drilling.

After drilling, all the parts were taken apart.  The drilled holes were deburred and dimpled and them primed. 

Once the parts were dried, it took two nights and abour 7 hours to rivet both leading edges together.  The rivet gun is in the right hand and the bucking bar is inside in the left hand.

 Mike Gibbons showed up at the front door in his airplane in a surprise visit.  We spent about an hour riveting one of the leading edges to the previously completed wings.  Thanks Mike.

Stefan came out the following day to help me with the other leading edge skin.  He also built the wood cradle stands for the wings as shown in these pictures.  Thanks Stefan.

The wings are that big and are going to be even bigger once the ailerons and flaps are complated.  Things are really coming together now.  Fuel tanks are next.