Date: November 17, 2007

A little change in procedure tonight. I removed the clamps from the right wing section, and found there to be a bit of a warp. The wing tip is about 1/4" high. I plan on removing the last few sheer webbing pieces and regluing. But from now on, I plan to proceed a bit slower, and make sure the wing stays straight while the glue dries.

Last night I glued plywood webbing into the first two bays, and let it dry overnight. (Picture 1.)

Tonight I continued putting webbing into bays 3 thru 6. On top of that, I elevated the wing onto scrap 2x4s so there was clearance for the clamps underneath as well as keeping the wing lying flat. (See pictures 2 and 3.)

A few hours later, I returned to glue webbing into bays 7, 8, and 9. (Pictures 4 and 5.)

I got lucky, I looked at my first wing half, and it turns out a blob of glue was hanging below the spar, when set on a flat surface, it made the end stick up. Once I cleaned that up, the wing had less than 1/8" bend. I'm not going to worry about such a small amount.

Picture 1: Plywood sheer webbing in bay 1 and 2.
Picture 2: Plywood sheer webbing in bay 3, balsa in bay 4, 5, and 6.
Picture 3: Plywood sheer webbing in bay 3, balsa in bay 4, 5, and 6.
Picture 4: Balsa sheer webbing in bays 7, 8, and 9.
Picture 5: Balsa sheer webbing in bays 7, 8, and 9.