Back to the wing tips
I finished up attaching the seal material to the bottom cowl. I thought that was going to be the end of the work session. There was a community meeting about the Renton airport that I tried to attend. The parking lot and neighboring streets were absolutely filled. Couldn’t find parking anywhere. I headed home and worked on the project some more.
I prepped the inside of the bottom cowl for paint. My plan is to spray on some white high-temp enamel. I roughed up the surface with some 60 grit, cleaned it all with lacquer thinner, and taped the edges.
I next decided to work on the wing tips a bit. I trimmed the aft end to match the wing+aileron depth. It only needed about 1/4″ trimmed off. I then drilled the holes in the wing tips to the reinforcing strips. I’ve been debating on whether the strips are really necessary since I’m going to be using screws and nut plates. They certainly won’t hurt, so I’m going to use them. I followed the parts list from Cleaveland’s wing tip screw kit and ordered some 426A3-6 soft rivets, but they are way too long. 3-4.5 will work much better.
The final thing I did was to strip 40″ of shielding off of some coax I had left over from wiring the plane. I put a female BNC connector on the other end. Marker beacon ready for installation.