Wing (cont)
Alignment:
After the left wing's glue was dry, I clamped the two wing halves, put the left on the plans, weighted it down and checked the right wing's alignment with the right wing plans using a machinist's square The wing's spar was about 3/8" back from the plans. The right wing's TE spars were pulling it out of alignment so I cut them and sistered in some basswood. There's only about a 1/16" gap but big enough to get the right spar back in alignment with the plans.
With the main spar glued to the ribs, the 1/4" risers were replaced with the 1/2" risers.
The flap LE pieces were CA'ed in place.
The aileron LE pieces were also CA'ed. Following the provided notches, the two pieces of 1/8"X1/4" balsa wood would not have been parallel to each other. The notches had to be enlarged to get them parallel; needed for when the hinges are installed.
Wire tube dry fitted:
Had to grind some wood away to get the tail gear out.
Going to 35 meets, one picks up pilot prizes, etc. Testing out some thick, slow bond CA to see how it works.
The thin Zap CA works great on the balsa to balsa pieces.
