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My friend Steve stopped by to help out. He final drilled the left wing leading edge. I fluted the funky inboard rib and marked a line on the joint plate. Getting those two things lined up was a hassle, but we finally got it just right and drilled.
I also temporarily put the bottom skin back on in order to mark the tie down location. It’s about 1/8″ from the pre-drilled hole. I don’t really trust my marks, so I’ll drill that out in steps to make sure it’s centered. It’s not super critical, since it’s on the bottom of the wing.
Somewhere along the way, I added supports for the trailing edge of the wing. I just put a screw through a block of wood, through the tooling hole, and then into the support. You’ll notice I left clearance for the skin overhand. On the top support, this shot shows the bracket that is bolted to the wing. And if you look carefully you can see I had to cut a small notch in the upper support arm for the skin.
This shot shows the root end of the wing stand. Amazingly, I didn’t need any shims to correct twist in the wing. It was right on. I did put a piece of cardboard between the spar and support just to reduce marring.
Ignore what I said before about the clecos. You need a lot more for the leading edge and tank while the top skin is still clecoed on. I’ve been scavenging clecos from the top skin. I might break down and buy another hundred. I don’t want to waste any more time moving clecos around.