Wing Attachment Page 1

Attaching the wings. I had no idea on how this was to be done. I will have to say that there is practically no info on my blueprints on how this was to be done also. I called Ron Dulinsky ( a local 202 driver ) to give me an idea on how I should procede. Ron came over a couple of Sundays late to give me a hand.

The first thing done is level the fuselage front to back and left to right.

Here the 303's right wing was slid into position.

After both wings are in place you need to make sure both wings are square with the fuselage and with the tail assembly. You do this with a string that does not streach. You measu from a point on the tail to a point on an outer part of the wing. You need to make sure both wings are the same on this procedure.

Both wings in position.

After both wings are in position you have to set the dehedril which on the FP 303 is 5 degrees.

This was done by taking masurements from the wing tips and using a water level. I wont get into on how to do this. This web page isn't big enough.

Once you get the wings are squared up with the tail assembly and your dehidral is set you would next mark on the longerons where the rear spar carrythrough will be glued in. You would also at this time drill your holes for the bolts to attach your wings to the front and rear spar carrythrough's. We had a problem that we couldn't get a drill into the tight spots to drill the holes. We were able to mark and start the holes with a dremel tool and a cable extension attached. About a week later I found the correct tools to finish drilling the holes.

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