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Bottom of tail plane - finished |
Tail plane with top colors to finish, soon!! |
Tailplane with one of the elevators being fitted for
final assembly
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Tailplane with one of the elevators being fitted for
final assembly |
Tailplane with one of the elevators being fitted for
final assembly |
Top of the Tailplane |
Top of the Tailplane |
Top of the Tailplane |
Top of the Tailplane |
Top of the Tailplane |
Bottom of the Tailplane
with "dope codes/part numbers" applied |
Bottom of the Tailplane
with "dope codes/part numbers" applied |
Bottom of the Tailplane
with "dope codes/part numbers" applied |
 Tailplane fitted for gap seal fabrication
6/23/06
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Fuselage ready for the
finish layer of plywood
6/23/06
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Fuel tank complete and
in place
6/23/06
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Rear wing spar being fabricated on the building table
6/23/06
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Inner portion of the rear
wing spar
6/23/06
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Right elevator with the
last of the balsa wood
in place - ready for
the
top skin
6/23/06
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Bottom of the elevator
ready for the trailing edge
and finish sanding
6/23/06
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Upper and lower beams, rough laminated for the front spars and ready for final shaping
8/29/06
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Upper and lower beams, rough laminated for the front spars and ready for final shaping
8/29/06
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Front spar viewed from butt end with about half of the webs installed 11/06 |
Front spar viewed from the tip. 11/06 |
Elevator top skin and trim tab push rod fairing fitted. 11/06 |
Elevator top skin installed ready for leading edge pieces and small corner piece. 11/06 |
Fuel tank cover with access door fitted. 2/07 |
Fuel access door ready for Dzus fasteners. 2/07 |
Right side fuselage skins fitted. 2/07 |
Right side skins ready for nutplates and color. 2/07 |
Left forward panels fitted and ready paint. 3/07 |
Left forward panels fitted and ready paint. 3/07 |
All sheet metal forward of the seat done and painted. 5/07 |
Another distant view of the sheet metal with the front spar putting the size of the airplane into perspective. 5/07 |
A close up of the port side, take note of the original rear view mirror. 5/07 |
Not a real good picture of the panel and gunsight, taken into the sun, but makes one want to climb in and... 5/07 |
The other wing spar starting to come together, outer pieces next to it. 7/07 |
The front left wing spar with the first layer of ply and upper beam ready to glue-in. 7/07 |
Rear spars and left front spars ready for webs. 10/07 |
Left front spar showing upper and lower beams, ready for 15 ply and spruce webs. 10/07 |
Rear spar with scarf joint held temporarily with "C" clamps to determine proper angle. 10/07 |
Rear spar, front side. Note, building table is 20 feet long. 10/07 |
Front Spars in place ready for wing attach fittings. 4/08 |
Front Spars left side. 4/08 |
Rear spar in place with some ribs. 4/08 |
Left spar in place, ready for drilling. 5/08 |
Upper wing attach fittings being reamed and pinned in place. 5/08 |
Upper wing fittings on right side. 5/08 |
Laser level used to make sure fuselage and spars are on the level. 5/08 |
A good view from the back of the airplane showing spars in place. 5/08 |
Another angle of the right wing. 5/08 |
A box of 4130 chrome-moly steel rods destined to be wing attach bolts, being used to align holes as they are reamed. 5/08 |
Attach fittings, finished, bushings installed and ready
to be bolted down for wing ribs and ply. 6/08
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Another view of
the attach fittings on the left side, right side to follow. 6/08
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Bolts ready
for attaching front wing spar fittings. 9/08
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Right side completed. 9/08 |
Another view of right side. 9/08 |
Both sides complete and ready for wing ribs. 9/08 |
An overall picture of spars and fittings. 9/08 |
Ribs 4. 10/08 |
Ribs 5. 10/08 |
Ribs 6. 10/08 |
Fitting the ribs in place. 10/08 |
ALL the ribs
glued-in from 1 to 19 and ready for plywood, gear legs, radiator, aileron
and flap. 11/08 |
ALL the ribs
glued-in from 1 to 19 and ready for plywood, gear legs, radiator, aileron
and flap. 11/08 |
ALL the ribs
glued-in from 1 to 19 and ready for plywood, gear legs, radiator, aileron
and flap. 11/08 |
Right wing on the trailer at the airport ready to come to the shop. 11/08 |
Right wing on the trailer at the airport ready to come to the shop. 11/08 |
Right wing on the trailer at the airport ready to come to the shop. 11/08 |
The wing in the shop ready for nose and trailing edge ribs and ply. 11/08 |
I have been busy, just on items that aren't spectacular! Both aileron spars with nose ribs and counter balance weights. 2/09 |
Weights are aluminum tubes filled with lead and secured permanently to the ribs. 2/09 |
Aileron Hinge Block. 2/09 |
Mounting nut plates on what will be the hidden side of the spar. 2/09 |
Control Horn. 2/09 |
Aileron push-pull rods and idler arm. 2/09 |
Rudder with outer edge spruce glued down. 4/09 |
Rudder again upper view. 4/09 |
Rudder, port side with all balsa glued in place. 4/09 |
Rudder with balsa, ready for final skin. 4/09 |
Fitting the rudder to the airplane 8/09 |
Fitting the rudder to the airplane 8/09 |
Fitting Sheet Metal Fairings, and nearly ready for color 8/09 |
Fitting Sheet Metal Fairings, and nearly ready for color 8/09 |
Fitting Sheet Metal Fairings, and nearly ready for color 8/09 |
Rudder - ready for some paint 9/09 |
Rudder - ready for some paint 9/09 |
Rudder - ready for some paint 9/09 |
Sheet
metal pieces and rudder push-pull tube 9/09 |
Sheet
metal pieces and rudder push-pull tube 9/09 |
Colour on the rudder! 9/09 |
Colour on the rudder! 9/09 |
Colour on the rudder! 9/09 |
Colour on the rudder! 9/09 |
Finished with all appurtenances attached 9/09 |
Access panels cut into the bottom of the fuselage, almost ready for paint. 11/09 |
L/H elevator, outside perimeter wood glued down and now ready for the balsa. 11/09 |
L/H elevator, outside perimeter wood glued down and now ready for the balsa. 11/09 |
Right hand elevator ready for sanding and paint. 11/09 |
Right hand elevator ready for sanding and paint. 11/09 |
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Updates will be more forthcoming in the
future to show steady progress on the
prototype.
For details on any part of the
assembly, please
email with request. |
