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Section 44, Wing Attachment

Wings First Fit

March 10, 2014 – 10:55

Jan 11th, 2014. 10 hours

Wings attached to fuselage using drift pins.

Heli coils placed in nose gear wheel brace. Added longer bolts for better usage with tow bar.

Hard points attached for MotoPod. Pos trimming accomplished to allow pod to contour bottom of fuselage.

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Fuselage Section 44, Wing Attachment

Wing Root Panels

December 13, 2013 – 21:07

Nov 30th, 2013 3 hours.

My father worked on the Upper and Lower Wing Root Fairings by priming and the riveting the F-1099 stiffeners onto them. Simple task and he learned a new riveting method, back (flush) riveting.

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