RE: How to Wing Bolt Conversion??
Minn has a good idea. And reinforcing the leading edge is a good idea. Glassing the center is also a good idea. I have an alternative idea. it will require some surgury and recovering. Do the plywood on the fuse and trailing edge just as Minn showed. You want to remove covering below the main spar and leading edge. Make a new dihedral brace out of 1/8 aircraft plywood the heigth of the LE and spar. The new brace will have a tab that extends down into the fuse about 1 1/2". You ideally will go out to the first rib bay. You Then remove ebough sheeting to epoxie the new braces to the back of the LE and the front of the spars. You may need to repair the sheeting and recover it. Rubber band the wing on and drill through the windshield just as Minn suggests. Add your 1/4" hardwood dowels. Be sure to go through both tabs. Add your rear blocks just as Minn showed and away you go. This is the set up I used on my Kadet SR. It is a very solid set up and will reinforce the wing center section at the same time. It may sound difficult but once you see it it is simple. The plans for the RCM advanced Trainer that was in RCM a coupla months ago show the same kind of setup. Look in the magazine and you will see what I am talking about. Simple idea, hard to explain. Maybe Minn can do one of his famous drawings here, Hows about it Minn?
Mark Shuman