On Nov. 11th made some more progress. Started with unboxing and getting 3 servos ready. For the two heavy duty control surfaces (elevator & rudder) using HiTech HS-645MG servos and for the throttle that doesn’t undergo the same amount of force a HiTech HS-425BB servo. For putting the control horns on figured out where each …
Building Aero 3D Day 69: Push Rod & Elevator Linkage Read More »
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 …
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 »
Sunday afternoon Peter came over and got caught up on my progress. Since we were done on the fuselage for now we put it aside for safe keeping and focused on the tail control surfaces to start with. For the rudder, stabilizer and two elevators I prepped them for hinging. At this point I also …
Building Aero 3D Day 19: Hinging Prep & Wing Beginnings Read More »
Wednesday Peter came over and we got to work on the aircraft. I replaced the defunct far right rib of the horizontal stabilizer (image above) with a new one. We then marked a center line on the trailing egdge and rib so that when we placed the rib back we knew its positioning. We then …
Building Aero 3D Day 17: Stabilizer, Rudder & Fin Oh My! Read More »
Yesterday evening I did some work on my aircraft for about an hour after I got home, prior to getting supper. I started by cutting out the ribs for the stabilizer… I guess technically I should be calling this the horizontal stabilizer as what I’ve been calling the fin is probably more properly known as …
Building Aero 3D Day 16: Stabilizer Ribs & Fuselage Read More »
Yesterday Peter came over and looked at what I had laid out for the fin & rudder so far. We then moved back to the stabilizer and got the trailing edge and ‘intermediary’ piece cut to size. Starting with the trailing edge we did the following: Cut the end off at a 45 degree angle …
Building Aero 3D Day 15: Gluing Stab, Rudder & Touch-ups Read More »
Yesterday Peter & I worked on the tail again. We are using carpenters glue, as another member of the club (Marc) mentioned how he has been using it and carpenters glue has been working well for him. We glued all the pieces of the two elevators together using the carpenters glue. As previously mentioned due …
Building Aero 3D Day 13: Gluing Elevator Frame & Stab Leading Edge Read More »
