Well, with the wings ordered and supposedly arriving in early June, I got the itch to start thinking about my wing stands.

I’ve done this before here (https://rv7aerosports.com/2010/12/29/started-building-wing-stands/) and here (https://rv7aerosports.com/2010/12/30/finished-building-wing-stands/), so I had the general idea of what I want to do, but I’m thinking about some updates.

Here’s a shot of what I had before and my sketchup model of what I’m going for this time:

So I headed to the hardware store, bought some 5/16″ threaded rod, nuts, washers, and lag bolts. Then got out the metal cutting blade and knocked out four 15″ supports, then eight 1″ pieces of angle.

Four of the small pieces got 5/16″ holes for both sies, and some got a smaller hole to attach to the long angles. The result? Four ready-to go wing support brackets, highly adjustable for twist.

When I can attach them to my currently-theoretical posts (on wheels, too!), it’ll be obvious how much more sophisticated this build is than the last.

2.0 hours today, which seems like a lot. Last time, it took me 5.5 total hours to make the stands. I did the hard part in 2.0, so I’m hoping the final result occurs more quickly than 5.5. We’ll see.