Noteworthy moments in my hobbies and tracking my R/C Plane builds (majority).
Yesterday got the horizontal stabilizer glued. This involved the following steps: Marking where the back of the stab resides on the fuselage when in the appropriate place Using measuring tapes from the trailing outter corners of the wing to the same corresponding place on each half of the stab Making sure to position is such […]
Building Aero 3D Day 66: Horizontal Stabilizer Read More »
It is bitter sweet, though it was great to get back working on my plane last night it also means the end of another flying season. Granted there wasn’t much of a flying season for me, as had more important things to do… namely becoming a father for the first time. The session started with
Building Aero 3D Day 65: Fuselage Sanding Read More »
On June 9th Peter was over, the pandemic was less scary, and I was soon to be a dad! This session involved removing the duck tape and pins from the previous session to see how the basla sheeting leading edge held its form. We then slapped a bunch of wood glue on the balsa and
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June 24th I got out flying, finally, after quite a hiatus due to inclement weather. The days events didn’t go as planned to say the least. The following is an account of what happened that day after I had some time to organize my thoughts and go over things in my head. When I first
A Not So Takeoff Takeoff Read More »
Early last week Peter was over and we sanded the previous application of filler. Then thursday mixed up another batch of filler and did some, hopefully, final touch-ups in a short session preparing for covering. This included the leading edge touch up in the bottom image. In that image you can also see some wires,
Building Aero 3D Day 61 – 63: Wing Work Read More »
Thursday, Peter brought over his epoxy and filler powder so I could mix up a batch and smoothen out the surfaces on the bottom of the wing. First, finished sanding the W-ST-2’s to be as flush as we could to the W-SH-6 sheet. Then using a popsical stick I applied the filler thick and Peter
Building Aero 3D Day 60: Wing Bottom Filler Read More »
Thursday, utilized the slot machine (motorized hinge slotting machine by Great Planes) to make hinges in the following control surfaces: Ailerons Elevators Stabilizer I definitely need more practice with this as I always have a tendancy to tilt the machine towards me causing me to come out the side. That said though, made some solid
Building Aero 3D Day 59: Hinging Control Surfaces Read More »
Thursday, I got my hands on the hinging tool again, and this time it worked! Started by verifying the hinge locations and making clear center marking on both the wing and ailerons… verifying we were using the correct aileron for the side we were working with. Once that was done used a centering tool to
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