Wing Assembly

With the landing light work complete, it comes time to attach the leading edge to the spar.  To do this, you will need to grind down a double-offset rivet set so that it can get flush against the spar. 

Lots of people have had trouble setting these rivets and ended up using pop rivets, but it seemed manageable to me with another helper.

Once the leading edge is riveted, it comes time to install the fuel tank.  The instructions have you only install every other screw at this time.  Not sure why, but I will go with it.  It is amazing how well the entire assembly fits together...Dan C's method of installing the tanks works great.

Next you go about installing the top skins.  This goes extremely fast with a helper and comes out quite nice with the flush set.  The attached is the obligatory "yes FAA, I built the airplane" picture.

Both skins get riveted together quite quickly.  The row of rivets along the rear spar get squeezed, and the rest are flush set.  The end result is a complete-looking wing.  A definite step in the right direction.

Once the wing is complete, I built a castering wing dolly to hold it upside down.  Make sure you pad it extra well at the leading edge, as you do not want to damage it.  I then installed the conduit in the assembly holes I drilled during the rib prep.  It is an extremely tight fit here, and it took several minutes of tugging and pulling to get it in place.

That's it for the left wing for a while.  I will wait to rivet the bottom skins until I am sure I have everything in place (autopilot, etc.).