The fall weather was excellent and Saturday is a day for welding. This was a to clear an item from the to-do list. The upper rail joints looked like this one, on partially welded.
My best joint was probably this one, which looks almost respectable. The others aren't nearly as photogenic.
To-do's before the first flight are now:
finish weld the upper rail to the vertical supports- do a weight & balance
- do a very thorough pre-flight check
- acquire radios (need 1x in car, 1x airborne)
Deferred:
- finish weld trailer frame joints
- wing root kiss seal
- leather patch on wing tips where they rub the ground
- leather patch guides for elevator control lines
- trim color paint
- main strut fairings
- jury strut fairings
- emergency parachute
- drogue chute
- variometer
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