On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:57:48 -0500, "Bob Chilcoat"
wrote:

To separate the pieces
you simply pull the "hinge pins" (stainless steel wires running the length
of the wings) out and the leading and trailing edge pieces pull away from
the spar, exposing most of the inside of the wings. This makes it easy to
get inside the wing for complete inspection of the spar and everything else.
I'd never appreciated this design feature, but it makes a lot of sense.
Just some elegant engineering that most of us engineers and would-be
engineers can appreciate.

I have a friend who owns a Bonanza and he just had the leading edge
replaced on his left wing. The job went relatively easy although the
standard procedure apparently was to use an air hammer against the
steel rod as it's being re-installed to attach the leading edge.

Corky Scott