17 August 2013

Wings: Leading edges. Landing light lenses cut.

Here are the posts pertaining to nav-strobe lights.
The lenses have been cut.  This is a two person job for sure.  We used a cutting wheel on a single speed Dremel then it was smoothed on the Scotch-Brite and radiused with 220 grit.  A dowel was used to help push the lens flush to the skin when the lens holes were being match-drilled to the skin (thank you for the idea Mark).

Pre-cut lens on left.  First cut on right (necessary to fit into leading edge to size the final cut).


Pushed in with dowel on left.  Match drilled to skin on right.


Final lens.  If you prefer the lenses to be flush rather than having a skin-thick lip around the edge, check this out.


And, just for giggles:  My RV-9A friend saw this and though they'd make good book shelves.  I'd rather use them for flying.

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