| | Finally in a hangar with wings on ready to start strake assembly. |
| | | Leveling the fuselage with a laser level. |
| | | Alignment jug to align the wheel before cutting holes in the strakes. |
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| | Alignment jig with a laser level and a Graduated piece of plywood in front. |
| | | Holding jig for the lower strake. |
| | | Side view of the holding jig |
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| | A body saw works great for trimming strakes |
| | | Angle sanding block for sanding back the foam. |
| | | Sanding block works great. |
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| | Layup is done are ready to install. |
| | | Marking the other side for a cut. |
| | | Bodysaw to the rescue again. |
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| | Connie lends a hand while I recover from a bike accident. |
| | | Using aeropoxy to bond the lower strake to the center spar. |
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| | Look what happens when you don't double check the dimensions before attaching |
| | | Everything attached and ready to cut wheel wells. |
| | | The preliminay cut looks good. |
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| | Connie helps by making the layups on the foam for the bulkheads |
| | | Smooting out the wrinkles in the glass before we let it cure. |
| | | We have a problem! The spar caps don't line up. Stay tuned for the solution. |
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| | When you work alone, you have to improvise. This is my improvised wing sling. |
| | | Scott came up with this solution. Oversized bushings and a couterbore. |
| | | Heat up the old bushings with a soldering iron and remove them. |
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| | Wing installed as a guide, install the pilot in the wing mounting hole |
| | | With the old bushing removed and the wing installed and aligned, start drilling. |
| | | Hole looks good and the alignment is perfect. Just three more holes to go. |
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| | Original bushing removed from center spar left. Velocity replacement or right. |
| | | My homemade bushings becase the Velocity bushings were too short. |
| | | Comparison between the original, replacement, and my homemade bushings. |
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