This is a photo looking the other direction. The posts for the wing jig will take up nearly the entire length of this open area. It's going to be a little tight, but should be doable. It beats tying up the garage for the winter and it's warmer.

These photos provide the details associates with the construction of the slow build wing of the Vans 9A.

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> As I mentioned on the web site, I painted the floor in my workroom.

> This is the first of 2 photos showing one half of the area that I will use to put up the supports for the wing jig.

Note, you may have noticed in the later photos that I actually had to put the work table in this area. The wing spars actually fit better in the other section of the workroom.

> This is a photo looking the other direction. The posts for the wing jig will take up nearly the entire length of this open area. It's going to be a little tight, but should be doable. It beats tying up the garage for the winter and it's warmer.

> Well here are the 2 crates from Van's. Shipping from Oregon to Virgina $475. I only money right !!!

> One more. FWIW, I am using the wider box to store move of the tail section components.

> Well when the wings arrived with the full size drawings and the wing spars I discovered that the drawing indicated that the posts for the wing supports should be approximately 133 inches. Prior to the wings arriving, I looked at the 11X17 drawings in the preview plans and thought the distance was 13'3" (159 inches). Well this changed everything. I concluded that I could now build both wings at the same time. However, it meant that I would need to totally rearrange the layout in my workroom. So I spent a number of hours re-arranging things. I also had to purchase a few more 4X4s and associated hardware.

> This is a photo of the posts that I installed in the workroom to hold the wing spar supports. Note that there was a fair amount of work to fabricate the hardware (mainly cut and file threaded rod and angle iron).

You may notice in this photo that I have a flat board hanging from the ceiling. This is where I am storing the wing skins. Where there is a will there is a way!

This is a photo looking the other direction. The posts for the wing jig will take up nearly the entire length of this open area. It's going to be a little tight, but should be doable. It beats tying up the garage for the winter and it's warmer.

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