Smitty's RV-9A from Van's Aircraft

RV-9A: Project Entry

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Getting ready to cleco the left leading edge on to the main spar
The instructions state that the 5th rib bottom flange in the leading edge assembly will need to be trimmed to allow for clearance of the large rivet heads already on the main spar. I did some measuring and managed to calculate exactly where the main spar rivet heads would come in contact with the rib flange. I used my unibit to make a 3/8" hole in the rib flange. I got lucky, it clears the main spar rivets perfectly.

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