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Larry Winger's 601XL Project
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Date: 10-6-2007
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Number of Hours: 9.00
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Brief Description: Corrected alignment of left wing
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As I mentioned on 9/24, I had a plan on how to straighten up my left wing. Everything I described there worked perfectly. The process, to be more precise was: (1) lay new undrilled wing skin on the leveled skeleton, (2) align the back edge of the skin with the rear channel, maintaining the 102mm distance from RR #1 to the inboard edge at front and back, (3) mark the center of each rivet line on the edge of the skin, (4) from inside the rear channel, mark the location of the end holes and several in the middle of the new skin, (5) remove the skin, flip it over, align the old skin as a template, match up the trailing edge (using the end hole marks for reference), and drill the trailing edge holes, (6) flip the skin back over (top side now up) and connect the rivet line marks, (7) lay the old skin on top of the new skin and align with RR#1 line at top and bottom, making sure that the trailing edge is matching, (8) drill through the old skin as a template for all holes on that one rib only (9) move to the next rib and duplicate the process, etc. etc. I'm very pleased to say that the results were quite good, and far less time consuming than I feared.
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The corrected right wing in its new home
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The ever-vigilant guardian ladder making sure I don't park my car on top of the wing (it could happen)
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