toad wrote:
Steve Leonard wrote:

Not meaning to bag on them, but I have NEVER been around
an Astir of any kind that went together easily. I
am not a real fan of the 'twist to lock' front and
rear fittings. Someone, please tell me they can go
easy!

And replied:

Mine go real easy, in fact the whole glider rigs real easy.
I have the Std III, which was the lastest model made.

Toad is quite right, and I have regularly rigged an Astir with just
myself and one helper (though the wings are on the heavy side).

The reason some people have problems is because they wiggle the wing.
This makes it almost certain that it won't slide into place. The key is
looking inside the cockpit to see that the pin on the end of the second
(port) wing is lined up with the hole in the first (starboard) wing. If
it is, all will slide into place (if you've greased all the pins). If
you can't line these up, the starboard wing tip is too high or too low.
A trestle for the starboard wingtip, and a belly dolly which doesn't
allow the fuselage to rotate, are probably the most useful things to have.