If we revisit the finished skeleton and take a look at the rear angle on the rear channel which you can see on top of the channel to the right of the strut support, it didn’t seem right to me that a skin would sit on that properly; it wouldn’t lay flat on the...
The wing skeleton has a rear channel that is made up of two channels that get joined in the middle together with the strut attach bracket. A angle bracket is then attached to one of the channels (I forget which it was) and one side is back drilled into for some A5 rivets. Here...
The big news is that my Dad is in town for the rest of this year and although he initially appeared hesitant to get involved on the project, once he saw what was needed he seemed very much into it. And having someone look things over, hold stuff etc made it a lot easier...
Back after a little break with some small amount of wing building. We had a new floor put down in our living room and we needed the garage space for furniture so I had to break everything down, put things away and for a couple of weeks I was able only to read the...
This month’s issue of Kit Planes has a directory of kit planes including stats on the 750: Time to buold: 350 hrs Estimated completed cost: $38-65K No completed and flown: 45 Maybe I am further along than I thought.
Somewhat coincidentally, the finishing of the tail came at 100 hours into the project. So far I have completed: the rudder the horizontal stabilizer the elevator the slats the flaperons and have started on the wings by assembling the slat supports to the wings nose ribs. I’m pretty impressed by the amount of metal...