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Build Pics

Build Pics
  1. Flat rib stitch chord lays really smooth
  2. False rib tapes
  3. First coat of Ekofill - it's a filler and UV block in one, real easy to work with
  4. Added a 1/16th alum strip to make tip flush with wing as well as reinforce screw holes
  5. Top of left wing
  6. Taping in progress
  7. Wing
  8. Wingtip mounting
  9. Finished false rib tapes
  10. Wing tip mounting
  11. Finish tapes over ribs
  12. finish tapes overall
  13. overall recovering
  14. rib stitches
  15. wing tip fitting
  16. Vert stab covering
  17. Wing Recovering... search threads on covering to find out why
  18. rib stitches
  19. Left wing covered and shrunk to 350, I love the Stewart System!
  20. Pitot tube install
  21. Bottom of left wing, borrowed a laser thermometer for constant iron temp scanning
  22. Reinforcement plates and inspection ring for the pitot tube
  23. top of left wing covered
  24. leading edge wrap, cloth tape over rivets
  25. Pitot tube
  26. leading edge rap
  27. Reinforcement plates placed under fabric/inside wing. I put a patch on the inside of the plate as well as on the outside over the fabric.
  28. Top of right wing covered
  29. Leading edge install
  30. covering bottom of right wing
  31. covering bottom of right wing, I LOVE the Stewart system!!!
  32. New tanks being rinsed
  33. Tank installed
  34. Dowel braces for fabric shrinking
  35. EV-400 epoxy varnish on ribs
  36. Alumipreped and alodined
  37. Zinc chromate after preping
  38. Tube behind seat cut and rewelded to fix warp in fuse
  39. Working on flaperon brackets
  40. Zinc chromate on spars and epoxy varnish on ribs
  41. Cutting panel with a circle cutter, take your time and it works great
  42. Panel in progress
  43. Spar reinforcement tabs
  44. Drilled for spar bracket
  45. Spar bracket install
  46. Tucked in the garage
  47. Jury struts
  48. You can forget plumb bobs when you have a 10 foot straight edge strapped to the spar
  49. Wings mounted
  50. Wings mounted
  51. First folding
  52. Ready to mount to fuse
  53. Pretending I'm doing something
  54. Smart level was a smart idea
  55. Used a 2.5 inch pvc pipe to hold the spar brackets while drilling
  56. Drilled spar brackets
  57. Ready to mount on fuse
  58. The trailer is heavier and my wallet is lighter...
  59. It road great for the four hour trip
  60. Two Rudders...my dog's name is "Rudder"
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