It’s time to dimple the skins. Dimpling a relatively stiff part like a leading edge is easy to do with minimal help, but the wing skins are large and floppy. Even with Ellen’s help, some additional support was needed. So I dusted off the support table plans that came with the DRDT-2 and made a runto Home Depot for some particle board and carpet remnants. Throw in some wood glue, wood screws and a little elbow grease, and voila – a dimpling stand.

Spar-to-skin countersinks

With an hour’s help from my awesome, wonderful wife, the skins were dimpled. Following that, I whipped out the squeezer and dimpled the wing inspection plates and corresponding screw holes in the wing skins.