And now for something completely different: the fuel tank. And this really is something totally new, I have no idea how these things work (other than fill with fuel, fly plane until empty). The fuel tank is held in place inside the wing by sticking cork strips to the edges so that it is...
One of those days where you feel good – riveting!! First though, I drilled some holes in the rear channel for the pitot tubing and ran it from the tubes out through the trailing edge This allowed me to close up the top skin...
The strut on the bottom of the wing gets a doubler for strength (I presume) and this is made from a pre-fabricated strut angle and a gusset. The first task was to position the strut angle and back drill into it from inside the...
Started out with 90 minutes of deburring all the holes associated with the top skins, nose skins, trailing edge, ribs, channels, and spar. Not much more to say about...
Nose skins, the bane of this plane building lark and we struggled a bit this time too. Using great care not to bend the skin, or to snag it...
Our drill and drill bits arrived and Dad’s idea was a hit! It was slow going to open the holes to the right size but a few back and...