While preparing the right wing spar for priming I noticed 2 damages, quite deep, they are located on the leading edge side of the spar (fuel tank side).
It looks like a sharp object touched the spar, I’m sure this is not happened in my shop.
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Category: Spars
Right main spar extension / Ardrox AV30
The epoxy primer was dry so could rivet the spar extension back on.
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Right wing main spar fixes and prime
Both spars had some issues that needed to be fixed. I started with the right wing spar. After those fixes some extra corrosion protection was needed, therefore I primed the complete wing spar.
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Main spar fix
There was a dent in the main spar which needed to be smoothen out.
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Rear spar extension fix
The holes of the 2 brackets for the rear spar extension didn’t line up, especially the holes where the rivets of the skins later go through.
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Rivet rear spars
The epoxy primer needs more time to dry, so I had to wait 1 day before I could start riveting the parts together.
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Deburring and priming of rear spar parts
Finding together the required rear spar parts, spars and channels and deburred and primed them.
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Wing jigs
Assembly of the wing jigs.
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