Is what my wife said to me after I finished building the new wing rack. The wing kit came with an EAA wing rack that was the carpet cradel type but I had seen others suspend the spars that kept the pieces a little higher off the ground. I like this idea as I don’t want to be bending over any more than I have to and it will hopefully reduce the need to move the wing assemblies around.
I used other’s as a guide, but really just built on the fly for this. 2×6’s for the main uprights (cut down to 6′) and horizontal supports (14′) with 2×4’s for the wheel braces and the spar supports. The challenge was the tip, as it doesn’t have any structure that sticks out like the spar to fuse joint. So I came up with a solution that should work well until needing to install the tips further down the road. There is plenty of room and structure to come up with a different way to support the tips when the time comes.
One thing to note, if you didn’t think the spars flex, you’re wrong! I was surprised how bouncy and sagging the spar on the right wing is without the top skin riveted to it. The left already has the top skin on and is rock solid. I’ll be getting the left up to speed shortly so I’m not too worried about letting it hang here for a little while.