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I came home for lunch today and continued the riveting operation. I live
only 5 minutes from work. I finished the inside skin. I then used my
ScotchBrite wheel to do the scarf joint at the leading edge where the
two skins overlap. The scarf joint is simply making the skin a little
thinner in this area so that it doesn't stick up behind the tank. I then
primed the area under the overlap. Tonight I started on the outside
skin. I am using the strings and pulleys method since this worked out
very well on the other wing. I completed the first two bays and riveted
on the pitot tube backing plate. Then I hooked up the two lines. This is
a Dynon pitot tube. One line is for the pitot tube and the other for the
angle of attack sensor. I didn't put as much slack in the lines as I
have seen other builders do because the fittings are in the bay right
next to the inspection cover. It is possible though not easy to get to
them.
Hopefully I can finish skinning tomorrow. There is still about a full
day after that of misc stuff I need to do before declaring the wings
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