Bottom skinning of the wings has begun

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bruceh
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Bottom skinning of the wings has begun

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Spent some quality time in the garage with my son who is home this week on Spring Break. First bottom skin on the left wing is done. Went very easy once you get past the first couple of rows from the rear spar. Took about 3 hours, which is similar to the time it took for the top skins per panel.

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Hope to get the next panel done tomorrow.
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Nice work, Bruce! It's such a great feeling, getting those wing skins on and getting the wings buttoned up.
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Did the second panel solo. There were a couple of places where it was awkward, but not impossible.

This weekend I hope to get the right wing skinned. I was hoping to get the A/P roll servo in there first (already have the bracket in there), but it looks like there is plenty of room through the access panel hole to do it later.

Running out of things to work on until the finish kit shows up next month.
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