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 »
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 »
