Friday, April 3, 2026

Kit Airplane: Wing Part 4 (Pitot Tube & Tie Down)

The underside of the left wing needed the pitot tube to be mounted.

Holding up roughly where the pitot tube will go. Alongside one of the ribs (half of its rivets will also go through a wing rib). I needed to drill a couple holes for the tubes.


Tube holes drilled then filed larger for size.


I marked and predrilled corner holes of the pitot tube mounting base. Next, drew a line between the rib's holes to determine the lateral position. The placement longitudinally is based on the distance from the spar.


Pitot Tube attached!


Alignment looks great with the wing!


The tie down was also drilled for the wing...


It's also along one of the wing ribs; the wing's rib has predrilled holes on its side that align with the tie down's holes. There is an existing slot it pokes out of, but I had to file it larger to get the tie down positioned correctly.


And inside the wing, the tie down clecoed in place.


The holes drilled to final size inside the wing...


And the holes drilled to final size on the outside of the wing...