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Got the gap closed!

This is the weird part. The picture shoes the junction between the leading edge assembly, the tank and the top skin. I had to start at the inboard edge of the tank and started pulling down on the 1/8" clecos (1 in each hand) and worked my way down the line towards the other end of the tank. I made several trips from the inboard end to the outboard end of the tank. This eventually pulled the tank into position, closing the gap. UPDATE 12/14/2006: The gap between the skins really bothered me after clecoing everything together here. The weird part is that when I start riveting everything together, the gaps disappeared completely! The skins actually touch other.

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