Once again, this blog post covers the last few days.

After sanding and cleaning up the top of the right wing inboard trailing edge fence, I then cut a new piece of carbon fiber and laid it up (pic 1), and then peel plied the layup (pic 2).  From here on out I’m only doing one top or bottom half of these fences at a time.

I then took a good half hour to finally knock out soldering my robust resistor inline on the ground wire of the B&C SD-8 backup alternator’s “self excitation” feature (to replace the ground wire I lost).  Once the resistor was soldered inline and a FastOn connector crimped on, I then installed and secured this ground wire in the GIB headrest engine electronics “bay.”

The following morning I took the 2 outboard right wing fences to Phil’s shop and test fitted them on the wings. They definitely WERE NOT a perfect fit, and would need some massaging for them to slip on in their respective positions.

Back in the shop I sanded and cleaned up the bottom half of the right wing inboard trailing edge fence, cut a new piece of carbon fiber and laid it up.  I then peel plied the layup.

Note in the background some added plies added to the middle right wing fence to allow me to sand the inside flange face down for a better fit on the wing.

I then prepped both the left wing and the inboard trailing edge fence before laying up a ply of carbon fiber on the top side of it.  I then peel plied the layup.  I did the same for the middle left wing fence, but no pic of it.

I noted recently that I had totally overlooked making covers for the outboard strake/CS spar bolt access holes, so with a little bit of excess epoxy from the fence layup above, I cobbled together enough scrap carbon fiber to make two 2-ply covers for these strake bottom bolt access holes.

The next day I pulled the peel ply off the left wing inboard fence, cleaned up the bottom side and laid up a ply of carbon fiber on it.  Of course I peel plied it as well.

And did the same for the middle fence, laying up a ply of carbon fiber on the bottom side of it.

I then spent at least 45 minutes shaping and sanding the left wing outboard trailing edge fence in prep for carbon fiber layups.

Wing the inboard right wing fence layups complete, along with the tweaks on the outboard fences, tomorrow I’ll check fit on all of them at Phil’s shop.

Still pressing forward!