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Rib 2 template.

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Here is Bill placing in some 2x6's to act as a support for the rear rib. The I-beam is 3 inches wide so the 2x6 fit perfectly. I'll explain later how those come into play.

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Here you see I used bondo on the shims and screwed them down into the block. The shims made sure the guide was level. Also note the hole drilled in the Aluminum angle and the shim. This is where I fixed the guide for the curing stage to ensure nothing

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Mixing that expensive 420.

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Gear legs clamped in place, no toe in/out per Bud. You cant see it in the photo but I used a green tip .30 bullet as a homemade plum bob that was attached to dead center of the aluminum angle. This helped us keep the guide over the center line. Oh make

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I was really anal about keeping the socket holes tight. This proved to be more work than it was worth and was fighting the tight fit when it came to locating the axles. Do yourself a favor and just make them a little bigger, 1/8 or so. This gap will be

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Stbd side peel ply removed.

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Wings on. Not really required at the stage. Just had to do it for motivation.

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Port side.

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To make our backs happy and life 1000% easier we tilted the fuselage. Notice I used my monowheel trailer as a jig. A tow strap 4" wide was used in the rear to hold the tail. This was rock solid.

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Out. Ad you can see the screw is sill in the nut plate. it came out later.

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Applying the layups on stbd side.

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template for new firewall.

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Starboard side being keyed.

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In a few mins she will no longer be a monowheel :-(

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Doing mod 59.

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Wetting out stbd side.

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While the layups are curing we stared work on the axles. Had to ream out the holes forMG02.

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Hey Bill!