Noteworthy moments in my hobbies and tracking my R/C Plane builds (majority).
Tuesday I was able to get in some more covering and visiting. I started by covering the ailerons, which as you can see from the pic above I did in green. Kevin stopped by for a visit to see how things were going and a bit of a chat. It is nice to see guys […]
Building 4 Star 60 Day 31: Ailerons & Servo Hatches Covered Read More »
Saturday was another great building session. John stopped by for a visit to check out how things were coming along and contrary to the ‘hack’ job he voices I believe he thinks I’m doing a pretty decent job :). Thanks to Peter for trimming off the excess of the top left covering I didn’t have
Building 4 Star 60 Day 30: Left/Center Top Wing Covered + Ailerons Read More »
Tuesday I was able to work on my plane for a couple hours. Prior to covering the top of the wing I needed to cut the covering that was over the servo hatches. After cutting the covering into an ‘X’, corner to corner, I turned the wing back around and ensured that the covering is
Building 4 Star 60 Day 29: Wing Servo Hatches Exposed + Top Covering Read More »
Saturday was the first building session of the new year after Christmas holidays. John stopped by and showed me more about covering. He also brought his woodpecker over which is a device used for making tiny wholes in the surface when you are covering. In my case I used it when covering the wood sheeting
Building 4 Star 60 Day 28: Covering Bottom of Wing Read More »
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
Building 4 Star 60 Day 27: Visitors & Covering Read More »
Yesterday I worked on my plane for about 2 hours (as is about the typical session length). When I first arrived Peter filled me in on his 2hr morning session. He got the wholes for the wing screw down bolts made. He glued the two laser cut 1/16″ plywood wing hold down plates to the bottom
Building 4 Star 60 Day 26: Wing Bolt Holes & Covering Wing Read More »
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
Building 4 Star 60 Day 25: Fairing Blocks, Covering Wing Tip, Patching, & Sealing Read More »
Yesterday Peter and I put in another solid 2 hrs working on the plane. John came over as well to check out how things were going. I am getting a bit ahead of myself though as Peter checked to see if the angle of incidence on the wing was correct and in his email, I quote
Building 4 Star 60 Day 24: Incidence Angle, Fin Glued & Covering Read More »
