Warbird Information Exchange

I have some pictures showing the removal of the right outer wing panel. I'm uploading them now and will get them posted tomorrow. It was a fairly easy process that Gary has already tackled. Thanks to his advice he saved me a great deal of time. I just had a heck of a time with a few spar bolts. I will explain with the pictures.

So are there any pics of the engine overhaul process?

No sir. We aren't building the engines here and aren't going force our engine builder(s) to take pictures. If they do and end up sending us some progress pigs, we'll be sure to pass 'em along to you.

Gary

Why are you removing the out board wing panel? I thought the airframe was solid at this point and was just awaiting engine mod? Just curious...

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The R/H outer wing panel had some corrosion issues that were just starting to pop up. We wanted to get those addressed while the airplane was down for the engine swap. The corrosion was not to a degree where it needed immediate attention, back when we were doing all of that other work several years back, but we felt that this was a good time to address it, rather than a few years from now. Until every piece of metal is eventually replaced on the airplane, we should always expect some corrosion issues to pop up from time to time. This is more of a preventative measure we're taking, rather than a reactive one.

Gary

Sorry guys I been having trouble with photobucket. I tried several times to upload photos of outer panel removal. I will try again tonight.