Picking up material at Dillsburg Aeroplane Co.Milling wing spar capsMilling wing spar capsMilling wing spar capsCutting out skins using laminate shearsOffset tin snips are better!Using a hole punch for rib lightening holes; not good.Holes came out undersized and some cracked during flanging.Fly cutting main rib lightening holes.Fly cutting works much better than a hole punchFly cutting works much better than than a hole punch.Flanging main rib lightening holes by driving through a PVC plug.Flanging main rib lightening holes by driving through a PVC plug.Drilling center section rivet holes.Drilling through angles.Arbor press modified with a rivet set.Squeezing rivets with arbor press.Drilling holes for wing bolts.Drilling holes for wing bolts.Completed wing spars.Fitting leading edge skin.Layout out rivet spacing.Leading edges drilled.Wing bottom skins drilled.Drilling rear spar rivet holes.Bottom skin installed.The start of the first wing.Deburring hard to reach places.Riveting bottom skin.Riveting top skin.Assembling ailerons.Piot tube installationPilot tube installationMilling control stick slotControl stick locked in w/Fokker clampsWing extension frame-upFinished wing extension – My skins cut according to the cookie sheets weren’t big enough, especially if LE & TE bends aren’t located just right. While recutting the skins I made them longer, so that they extend 3/4″ beyond the last rib for tip attachment later.Trailing edge rib at point GSecond wing, front spar attachmentRear spar and G-rib attachmentWing extension jigges in alignmentLaying out rivet holes
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