Wings Part VII

With the ailerons and flaps complete, just need to finish the last of the riveting on the bottoms.

So now its onto book #2!  

I am lucky enough to have a fuselage that is ready to hang the wings.  

So I rented a hanger for the Emeraude, and moved the wings / ailerons / flaps.  I built a dolly that will hold everything.  We moved everything to the airport in my father in laws big enclosed trailer.

Really simple design.  After consulting the forum, the trick seems to be where the weight sits.  I decided to go leading edge DOWN.  Each of the 3 sections on the dolly are an 8' 2x6 with a 8' 2x4 screwed to it on edge, creating an upside down T structure.  Should not warp badly enough to cause any issues.  All 3 of these T structures were fixed together with 2x6 outriggers for the wheels.  2x6 uprights to hold them up.  Then I added 2 more 2x6's for the flaps and other bits.

Moving day...

Arrived at the airport (less than 20 miles) with no issues.

The hanger is really tight however...

I decided to buy a couple adjustable tripod stands from Pricness Auto (Canadian version of Harbor Freight).

Getting the fuselage level...

For the 'wing raising', I solicited a bunch of friends.  I thought 4 including me would be enough, but 6 showed up - and that was a very good thing.  We needed all 6.  I had wing stands ready for both sides, fuselage roughly level, struts assembled (but not cut on the outboard sides).

Took us 1.5 hours to get both on.  The only issue was on the right side had to open up the fiberglass a bit.

The adjustable tripods worked awesome.  Remove the twist, dial in the angle of incidence, done.

I had the strut marked out already, but we put it in place and measured.  96.4" was right on the money with an 82 degree angle.

Rented the wing strut drill jig from Glasair.  Thanks Brian!

Ready to drill...

I am going to add another clamp and check everything again before committing.

What comes next:

• Drill the struts for the left wing
• Check length on right wing, cut strut and drill
• Hang ailerons and flaps
• Run control cables and nicopress.
• Wings back to home, install fuel tanks, run fuel lines, install transfer pumps, wiring, pitot/aoa plumbing, etc.
• Close wings (top skins)

The cool part - its starting to look like an airplane!