Devin W.C. Ryan

Month: December 2016

Top trailing edge covered

Building 4 Star 60 Day 27: Visitors & Covering

Tuesday was all about covering and a special visitor.  Stephanie stopped by to check out what I’ve been up to.  Even though she has been seeing the pictures/posts along the way I believe she gained a better appreciation of what’s involved and how the plane looks (especially the size of the aircraft).  Stephanie also helped …

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Glued Balsa Tail Fairing Blocks

Building 4 Star 60 Day 25: Fairing Blocks, Covering Wing Tip, Patching, & Sealing

Had another great building session with Peter today.  I started with covering the other wing tip in green, which again took a lot of time and due diligence!  I was able to do this one by myself as I remembered what I learned from working with Peter & John while covering the other tip, bottom of …

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Wing Topside Sheeting Done

Building 4 Star 60 Day 23: Sheeting Wing & Covering

Had a great building session with Peter last night making further progress on the wing and started the covering process. In the picture above you can see how Peter cleaned up the sheeting so everything looks nice and smooth giving a better/easier finish.  When gluing the fillers he mixed a special substance in with the …

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Prepped for Dowels

Building 4 Star 60 Day 21: Dowel Holes, T1 Reinforced, Switch & Stabilizer

Yesterday we had a productive 2 hr building session.  I love seeing my project slowly come together and take on more and more of a ‘total plane’ look/shape. The evening started with checking out the ‘rig’ Peter created for drilling the holes for the dowels into the dowel support blocks.  Because every planes wing is …

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