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Archer antenna wired, secured, and ready for wingtip installation.
Nav light wires (with necessary extensions spliced in) and antenna cable ready for wingtip installation.
Right wingtip rib drilled and clecoed in place.
Right wingtip ready for installation.
Right wingtip wiring complete.
Right wingtip clecoed in place and ready for, ahem, screwing.
Right wingtip fully installed and ready for flight.
Right wingtip drilled to wing, outboard edge sanded smooth, and trailing edge trimmed to match the aileron.
Right wingtip drilled for nutplates.
Archer antenna mounting underway.
Archer antenna drilled to right wingtip in preparation for nutplates.
Right wingtip nutplates clecoed in place. As can be readily seen in this view, I’m seven nutplates short. Thanks, Van’s! I’m now awaiting yet another delivery from Aircraft Spruce.
On the bright side, I took advantage of this shipment to order the steel fittings for the engine. Van’s ships aluminum fittings with their FWF kit and I’m a great believer in steel, especially for the larger fittings used in the engine case for the oil lines and, of course, in the oil cooler.
Right wingtip drilled, clecoed, and trimmed to fit.
Right wingtip drilled, clecoed, and trimmed to fit.
Right wing upper root fairing clecoed in place for a test fitting.
Right wing lower root fairing fitting in progress.
Right wing upper root fairing stiffeners ready for riveting.
Right wing upper root fairing ready to screw down and go flying – in five or six months…
Right wing fuel tank vent line ready for test fitting.
Right wing fuel tank vent line in place. Looks good!
