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The wings - Part 4
Thank you Glen, David and Diderick. The location of the reinforcement patches is a matter of indicating with a pencil on the inside where the ribs and spars will be glued. Then I cut out the patches from a sheet of 160 grams paper, just inside the lines to ensure that the internal structure will not clash with the reinforced skin. It's simple but effective as because of the lamination the outside surface remains firm and flat, without any dimple.
Some other details have been added to the wings as well, amongst others the big radiator air intake and wing ribs at the trailing ends, which will be visible as I intend to glue the flaps in downward position.
Finally, I attached the wings to the fuselage. Once again, the fit is very good. As you can see in the last picture, there is a rather peculiar opening at each wing root. According to the building instructions, that part of the skin needs to be cut away but I wonder what for. It will leave a big opening, even after the wing fillets have been installed. I kept the cut-away pieces, they might come in handy at one point in time.
Next are the cowling underside and wing fillets. Then I also hope to solve the misfit at the fuselage bottom side.
Erik
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