The Big W

Continuing on with the center section.  I now have all of the major bits assembled with clecos.  The next step is to mount it to the struts of the fuselage before attaching the skins and then drilling them.

Here are the additional pieces I added since the last post.

The left hand engine mount attached to the rear spar:

A shear clip for the middle of the rear spar:

The rest of the spar with the right engine mount:

A doubler attached to one of the side bay stiffeners:

We had to install the struts for the center section.  The rear struts form a big W, just like in A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

And the front stuts:

This is going the long way just to make sure the fit is good before drilling the skins.  It also will add to the difficulty of it with everything so high.  I'll probably just drill a few additional holes since there are already enough pre-drilled ones but I have seen one Aircam have issues with this.