Wednesday, Peter came over and we made some more progress. Could only do a little bit as the trailing edge is required to continue. First, using a forstner drill bit, I drilled a hole into the top center of the wing. Peter held a piece of ply behind to help prevent the balsa sheeting from […]
Building Aero 3D Day 38: Trailing Edge Read More »
Today started by reinforcing the scarf joints, seen in the featured image above, using gussets which in this case is made out of wood (filler I believe). The pieces are cut to the width of the sides they are going on (1/4” in this case) and a length that goes a bit past the scarf joint
Building Aero 3D Day 21: Ribs Glued & Scarf Joints Read More »
Yesterday I learned how to make a scarf joint and then proceeded to make four of them. For this model the wing is one piece; however, the spars are not long enough in a single piece so need to make them out of two pieces. Since need one for top and bottom need two of
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