Wing tip bow finished

In my last report I mentioned how I had to re-do the wing tip bow. I wasn’t a happy camper. I’d epoxy’d that laminated, curved bow to those 2 extensions, but something had slipped and I used a heat gun to loosen the epoxy and then re-set the bow. It worked the second time, then I added the bracing and various small blocking pieces.

Then it was on to installing a curved, laminated piece at the trailing edge of the wing, next to the root.  It’s strictly for looks, and will give a more pleasing sense to the eye when done.

Read on for more details!

Wing tip bow finished.

Back to the wing tip bow, you can see the bracing and gussets plus I’ve sanded a gentle bullnose on the edge of bow (for the future fabric covering).

So now it was time to add a curved, laminated piece at the trailing edge of the wing, where the wing comes into the fuselage – strictly for looks, to give a more pleasing curve of a line.

Before ribs have been trimmed.

This required cutting and trimming back the ribs, re-installing bracing into the ribs and then clamping it all together.

A million clamps holds the curved piece in place while the epoxy sets up.

Leslie helping with the clamping.

I needed to sand down the laminated curved piece to blend into the trailing edge of the wing.

The finished curve, all gussetted and pretty.