Grandkids Help Put on Wing Center Section

Rowan and Duncan went with me to the WACO fly-in and then spent a couple weeks with us.  It was hot and humid but we managed to get the wing center section mounted.  There were a couple straps which support the brace wires for the center which I forgot to install before bolting on the engine.  We managed to hoist the engine enough to carefully remove the 2 top mount bolts at the firewall, install each strap and get each bolt back in.  It gave them a chance to install a cotter pin and use some wrenches.

 Once those were installed we mounted the Cabane struts and the center section.  We learned that Cabane is the French word for hut, think Cabana.  The center section and struts form a cage or hut which is why we call the support struts Cabane Struts.

They also got to learn about AN bolt sizes and numbering.  We had wanted to put the wings on but ran out of time especially with 2 days of rain.  We did have fun though.