JwWright57
Well Known Member
HI all - one of my completed wings had a fight with my garage door and lost. It ended up with a big dent in the inboard skin's leading edge and I decided to replace it instead of trying to fix it.
I've removed the old skin (man that was a lot of rivets!) and the new one is ready to install.
It's tricky since it needs to slide under the mid skin, and it curves around the leading edge so you are really working top and bottom wing at the same time. I've removed a few rivets from the mid skin also where they meet to give me some wiggle room.
So.....any advice on how to make this easier? Maybe Vaseline on the skins where they meet?
I've removed the old skin (man that was a lot of rivets!) and the new one is ready to install.
It's tricky since it needs to slide under the mid skin, and it curves around the leading edge so you are really working top and bottom wing at the same time. I've removed a few rivets from the mid skin also where they meet to give me some wiggle room.
So.....any advice on how to make this easier? Maybe Vaseline on the skins where they meet?