Center Section Covering
This detail is very important! This aircraft will not fly without the center section covered. Using some hardware store flashing, measure and cut a piece to cover
the holes between the wings, above and below the wing attach tube. Leave enough
material to wrap around the leading edge, and overlap the wings by one inch on either
side. Attach with pop rivets to the lower piece. Make cutouts for the aileron controls on
the top piece. Once the top piece is covered, secure to the wings by drilling 1/8” holes
through the flashing, into the cap strips on the innermost ribs. Space the holes 2” apart.
Then use #30 PK screws dipped in epoxy to secure the flashing. Now take the leading
edge of the flashing and wrap around the leading edge of the wings, and pop rivet to the
piece you made for the bottom (1” spacing for rivets). Secure the bottom piece the same
way you did the top piece.
