Kurt's Rans 21

Preparation for top wing skin installation

Wing is on blocks now and leveled in both directions. Wing closure checklist is complete.

Topskin is deburred, no scratches needed to be worked out. We put the skin on a board with a cloth covering the board as it is quite rough.

Put the stringers on the topskin and aligned the holes. Trimmed the inboard side such that the distance from the last hole to end of stringer is the same as in the untrimmed side (15/64th). Fits well.

Clamped a 2x4 ontop and used the forming tool. Used WD40 as lubricant and had no problem with the tool getting stuck. After 3 turns the slight bend is smooth and visible.


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