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 »
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 …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 23: Sheeting Wing & Covering Read More »
Yesterday was a bitter sweet two hour building session at Peters. It started with gathering the sheeting for the wing and determining which pieces for which section. I then measured where they have to go and determined I needed to cut them in 14.5″ sections to give a little overlap on each end for potential …
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 …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 21: Dowel Holes, T1 Reinforced, Switch & Stabilizer Read More »
Had a productive 2hr building session at Peters today. Started with a trial fit of the push rods for controlling the elevator and rudder of the plane. Needed to sand the one opening (making sure it’s not the side of the plane being sanded) in order to get the rod to fit. We also continued …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 20: Servos, Push Rods and Wing Cleanup Read More »
Today was a quick building session as we got done what we could and then have to wait until the glue dries. Peter already had the table prepped with the left and wing panels and a device to hold the required angle while the two halves are glued together. We also used a level to …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 19: Joining Wings & Top Deck Formers Read More »
Last night started with a bunch more sanding. I rounded the trailing edge of both ailerons and bevelled the leading edges. Peter already had a line made as to how far down I could for the bevel. To bevel it I performed similar steps I did with the rudder. Started by taking two passes with a tool …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 18: Aileron Edge Sanding & Servos Read More »
Monday I headed to Peters after driving back from Dryden. This made it a shorter session that involved a lot sanding! First off I sanded the top and bottom trailing edge sheets until the were flush with the trailing edge piece glued earlier. I also sanded the edge of the ailerons that will be facing the …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 16 & 17: All About the Sanding Read More »
