Legal Eagle XL Buildlog

Building a Legal Eagle XL Ultralight Airplane

Install wings by mounting to the fuselage and adding attaching hardware (Struts)

Install wings by mounting to the fuselage and adding attaching hardware (Struts)

The next step was to get the wings fitted to the fuselage. I was able to do this in my garage but had to do it one wing at a time. So in general what I did was take down one wing, do all the fitup for that wing then swapped it out for the other wing and did the same fitup on that wing. Because I can only do one wing at a time I was NOT able to do the aileron cables yet. I will do that later during the final assembly; will have to pull the plane outside to accomplish that on a nice day!

So the steps to mounting each wing were as follow.

  • Line up wing mounts to fuselage couplers and determine lineup.
  • Grind down the fuselage couplers to match the wing mount brackets (I oversized the couplers initially so I could get a precise fitup)
  • ensure 3″ dihedral by leveling wing then using 3 inch offset at ends – measured with a ruler at level and then add the needed 3-inch offset.
  • Fit up Struts cutting them to size. I am using the aerodynamic structs along with aluminum blocks fitted at both ends for the mount points.
  • Install all bolts needed to mount Struts in place using
  • Install aileron pushrod and tee bracket for control cables
  • install jerry struts from Struts up to wing per plans

And I did all that twice – once for each wing.

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