I want to take a moment to share a thought with everybody. After working on this thread for a while now I have a new found respect for anybody that makes a living doing technical writing such as the writers for the magazines in our hobby. This writing stuff is hard!! [X(] [X(] While I've never had a problem with writing tasks that I've done before, those were limited to business proposals as probably the most difficult chore I had in this area. Doing the writing for this thread is really a lot more than I had planned on. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining because I'm really enjoying doing this, I just wanted to make the comment how hard it was.

Anyway, we're almost finished up with the wing now. The next step is to install the trailing edge stiffeners. These are simply small pieces of ply that will keep the rubber bands used to hold the wings on from cutting into the soft balsa wood of the wing. Installation of these parts are very simple and pretty easy. As with everything else you want to test fit the parts (picture #1) and make any adjustments to the fit. I sanded the edge where they meet in the middle a little bit to get a little better fit. Once I was happy with the fit I glued them in place and used clamps to hold them while the glue dries (pictures #2 and #3). Once the glue dries you can remove the clamps (picture #4).

Pictures
1. Test fitting the stiffening plates
2. Applying glue to the plates.
3. Parts clamped in place while glue dries.
4.Completed installation.
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Until next time

Ken