The last few days have been spent deburring and prepping all of the ribs for priming. Here are all of the ribs drying after being etched.
And here is a shot of one set of ribs drying after being primed.
I protected the spar bars with some blue tape. I really should stop using this stuff. It comes off without leaving any residue on every surface except anodized aluminum. I had to use some solvent to get all the gunk off the spar after riveting.
We didn’t get any pictures during the process, but my buddy Andre stopped by today and we shot and bucked all of the rivets that attach the ribs to the main spars. We used a straight set and simply flexed the ribs out of the way while shooting. 130 rivets and not a single smiley or bad shop head. Here, I’m clecoing the rear spar in place so we can hang up the wings.
Here’s a good shot of the whole wing. The four closely spaced ribs at the bottom are for the wing walk. There will be a double thick layer of skin over these four ribs to handle the load of people walking here.
Here are the wings permanently mounted in the cradle. I still need to level and straighten them, but that will have to wait until another day. My wife’s heading to Hawaii in a couple of days with a friend and I want to spend some quality time with her before she leaves.
