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More fittings and a hardware delivery.

  Progress has been slow, as it often is, but progress has been made nonetheless. I finally put another order in with Aircraft Spruce to get materials to finish making my spar fittings and remake the aileron control horns.   I cut, drilled, and finished the edges on all eight rear spar fittings. Four will be to attach the spar the the cabane structure of the fuselage and the other four will accept the upper end of the rear lift strut. I then chopped up two 6' lengths of .035 thickness steel, forming the blanks which will become the drag wire end clevises.  I've been having difficulty finding the correct material to make the drag wires, and will need to source them before I can finish the wing assembly. If anyone knows where to find 9/64" diameter, 1050 steel rod/solid wire please let me know.    I then laid out and cut my aileron control horns out of the 24" square sheet of .090 thickness steel I bought. This sheet should be enough material to also make the rudd