abbott915

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Made some progress last night and today.

I trimmed a piece of 3 inch 1/16th balsa sheet down to 2 1/2 inches and made marks on the ribs up 3/4 inch from the back edge of the TE cap. This is the same location as the original plans call for. I used 2 1/2 inches because I'll be cutting out the ailerons from it.

I moved on from the trailing edge sheeting and put down the leading edge sheeting using the template from the original plan to cut the slot for the wing strut mount. Prior to putting down the leading edge sheeting I sanded down the sub LE to match the front edge of the ribs.

So far, everything is shaping up pretty well, and the ribs and the sheeting all matched up well.

I've unpinned the wing from the board and will cut off the tabs on the bottom of the ribs and cut out the ailerons and get started on building them.

Since this is the bottom wing, I'll need to get the basswood blocks mounted in before putting on the rest of the sheeting.