Chapter 25 – Right wing to Phil’s

After last night’s crazy push to get the right wing trailing edge fences’ mounting flange bases glassed and the foam fence bodies micro’d to the bases, I then left them to cure overnight.

Today it was time to pop the fences —now combined with their respective mounting flange bases— off the wing, clean the tape off the wings and get it to Phil at his shop for sanding and buffing of the paint.

If you’ll remember, the right wing was the one that overnight collected dew on the top of the wing after it was painted, which dulled the paint.  As with the strake tops, I fully expect Phil to be able to buff the wing out to a near-mirror finish.

Here’s another shot of the right wing trailing edge fences, ready to be shaped and final glassed (or carbon fiber) after they are pulled off the wing.

Which I did next with no drama.  Once the tape was removed that secured the mounting flange bases to the wing, the newly combined mounting flanges and foam fence bodies slid right off.

More out of curiosity, once I removed the tape and cleaned up the wing, I test fit the trailing edge fences back into place.  Looking good! (IMO)

Guy Williams arrived just in time to help me load up the wing into the trailer and after wrapping each end with a moving blanket, we secured it in place.  Not shown is that we put the wing dolly into the back of my truck for Phil to use at his shop.

And with that, Guy and I delivered the right wing to Phil’s shop.  It was very late afternoon by the time we were done, after which I did some administrivia stuff on the electrical system, but really didn’t get much else done on the build.

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