{"id":5203,"date":"2024-04-24T15:22:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T20:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2024-04-26T15:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:32:50","slug":"sbd-dauntless-new-trailing-edge-wing-skins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/sbd-dauntless-new-trailing-edge-wing-skins\/","title":{"rendered":"SBD Dauntless &#8211; New Trailing Edge Wing Skins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240228_124813small.jpg\" alt=\"20240228 124813(small)\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1600\" title=\"20240228 124813(small)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\tTrial-fitting newly-manufactured skins for the SBD&#8217;s wing center section to the flap bay and the lower trailing edge. (image via Pioneer Aero Ltd.)\n\t<h3><b>Wing Center Section Progress:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In recent months, the team at Pioneer Aero Ltd. has progressively removed skin panels from the SBD&#8217;s wing center section. They began with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/sbd-dauntless-flap-bay-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panel covering the flap bay<\/a>, proceeding next to the lower side of the airframe with the rearmost\u00a0unit straddling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/sbd-dauntless-center-section-skin-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spar Web Nos. 3 through 5<\/a>, and then the unit bridging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/sbd-dauntless-center-skin-panel-rebuild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spar Web Nos. 2 and 3<\/a>. The subsequent process involved disassembling each panel into its component parts, and then refurbishing what was salvageable or refabricating what was not. So far, each panel has required a significant number of new parts, including replacement skins. Thankfully, the original skins were sufficiently intact to serve as patterns for their remanufacture, making it possible to back-drill most of the original rivet holes accurately into the new aluminum sheet-stock.<\/p>\n<h3>Trial-Fitting New Skins:<\/h3>\n<p>With the fabrication of new skins for the flap bay and rearmost lower panel now mostly complete, it was time to trial-fit these components against the mounting structure. This both ensures that each skin mates correctly with the airframe and allows for any remaining unfinished rivet holes or access openings to be correctly located and cut into the new metal. The following images show this process underway. (Note: the new aluminum sheet is covered in a translucent, blue plastic film which helps protect the thin, relatively fragile material from marring during the remanufacturing and trial-fitting processes. Pioneer&#8217;s engineers will only remove this film when they are ready to paint and reassemble skin panel.)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240228_125138small.jpg\" alt=\"20240228 125138(small)\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1600\" title=\"20240228 125138(small)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\tThis image reveals the newly-fabricated skins for the flap bay and lower trailing edge panel being trial-fitted to the SBD&#8217;s wing center section. (image via Pioneer Aero Ltd.)\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.militaryaviationmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20240228_124925small.jpg\" alt=\"20240228 124925(small)\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1600\" title=\"20240228 124925(small)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\tAnother topside view during the flap bay skin&#8217;s trial-fitting. 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