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Finish Kit Update December 2010 Updates December 04, 2010 Right Wing Tip Work ..... - 3.0 hrs Arrived at the hangar today. December 4th and its 80 degrees at 11am. How do you like that. Only in south Texas eh. Anyway I started fitting up the right wing tip. I worked on the rear rib by marking and trimming it down to clear the area where it over laps the wing edges. Next I marked the rivet line with the rivet fan and drilled and clecoed in place. Next I started to drill the wingtip in place. When I got to the rear the trailing edge of the wingtip is about a half inch to high above the aileron in the neutral position. The aileron is locked in place with the riging jig. I moved the flaps back in the up position to make sure they aligned with the aileron. With the tip drilled its locked in place. The only recourse is to redrill. I removed all the clecos and held the trailing edge in place and comparing the wing holes to the drilled holes in the tip its just a tad off. I thought I could just mark the old holes and redrill but the are just too close so I will mix up a batch of epoxy and fiber and fill and redrill tomorrow. Bummer. No pics today so I snappd one of the thermometer to compare to tomorrow with the front coming in and the license plate to post on VAF. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.