Finally back in the shop after a week of travel that left me back in town at the airport with a car that would not start... turns out that the fuel pump was dead.
With a loaner car from the dealer, I ended a short saturday to pick up the Subaru... mighty once more!
At the shop I worked on the skin join scarf joint, not needed yet but I was just a bit curious how it would work out... then moved on to the leading edges.
I built a jig to assist in assembling the leading edge and fuel tanks...although the skin is pre-bent the bend is not fully formed and the skins are very close fitting to the ribs... getting it all pulled together without a jig might be possible with a couple of extra arms...
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using the a leading edge rib as a template I made a stand to assist with assembly of the leading edge and tanks |
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here is a shot of the finished scarf joint where the wing skins overlap at the main spar |
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leading edge skin ready to start fitting ribs |
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fitting the leading edge to the wing |