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Delivery day.
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Unpacking
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Inventory
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The pile of packing paper.
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Starting on the main spars
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Installing the tank nutplates
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Nutplates riveted in
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Inspection plate nutplates countersunk
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Tank nutplates countersunk
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Starting on the wing tiedowns
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Parts drilled
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Primed and ready for assembly
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Installed on main spar
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Starting on rear spar
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Fitting doubler plates
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Parts ready for priming
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Parts ready for riveting
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Rear spars done
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Those are alot of ribs.
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Fluting after deburring
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Better wear a glove when fluting all of the ribs in a two day period.
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All done!!
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Marking the position for the conduit holes.
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Pitot and static line holes drilled in left wing ribs.
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Match drilling conduit holes in all ribs.
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Drillng conduit holes to 3/4".
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Ribs in and drilled.
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Ready to take apart debur, prime, and rivet together.
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Ribs ready for priming
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Ribs primed
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Ready to rivet to spars
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Riveting ribs to main spar
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Hanging the wing on the jig and preparing for the skins
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Drilling wing walk doubler
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Doubler cut to size and drilled
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Top inboard skin hanging
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Top outboard skin hanging
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my little helper
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Fuel tank Z brackets
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Fuel tank rear baffel
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Tank ribs
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