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Adding Inspection Holes to the GlaStar or Sportsman Wing

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Cutting inspection plate holes: Here is one way to cut (perhaps scribe is a better choice of words) a nice inspection circle in your...

Metalworking Tips

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Deburring rivet holes: A 3" Scotchbrite wheel in a variable speed drill motor does a very fast job of deburring long lines of rivet...

Riveting the GlaStar Top Skins

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Riveting on the top skins: I used saw horses, carefully set up, to support the wings instead of putting them back in the wing...

GlaStar Wing Assembly Tips

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Positioning the leading edge wing skins: In positioning the leading edge wing skins, I found it easier to start by clamping one edge in...

Aluminum Skin Protective Plastic

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While building and storing the various pieces of your GlaStar it is advisable to leave the white protective coating on the skin sections as...

Rib and Skin Fitting

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Skin/rib fitting: I'm sharing my experience with horizontal stabilizer skinning, for the benefit of anyone else who's having trouble pulling the skin far enough...

GlaStar Wing Spar Tips

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There is quite a bit of manufacturing tolerance in the spar assemblies. My aft spar was a good .10" shorter than it should have...

Elevator Building Tips for the GlaStar and Sportsman

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Keeping twist out of the aft elevator partial spar: There is a discontinuity between the aft edges of the elevator respective to each end...

Drilling Tips

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With so many holes that need to be drilled in a typical GlaStar or Sportsman, it pays to learn some tricks to do it...

Horizontal Stabilizer Building Tips for the GlaStar and Sportsman

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Building a horizontal stabilizer jig: We got the full kit Jan 2nd (1996). Got it home without incident. There was a key part on...