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 »
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 »
Wednesday evening was an exciting building session as I can really see how things are going to be fitting together! We looked how the stabilizer and fin will connect to the fuselage, which really makes the project take shape! Worked on both wings. Started with the right wing, above, by cutting and sanding the dihedral angle on …
Today was a quick building session after the gym. First I saw what Peter kindly did up for me which were the aileron servo lead tubes, one for each wing, and glued into place. I started work by sanding down the excess overhang of the top and bottom forward spars on the L wing. Once done I …
Today was another great building session. I am really enjoying building my plane with Peter. It’s quite different from anything else I’ve really done as rarely am I building things with my hands, unless you count my fingers typing away on a keyboard! Lol. Started working on the right wing panel, which basically means going …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 13: Right Wing & Tank Floor Read More »
Yesterday was another great building session. Started by sanding the ends of the stringers where they were cut to make them smooth with HR in the front and former F6 in the back. Also sanded the the ‘wedges’ we glued into place to hold the stringers that butt up to and glue to the face …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 12: Fuse, Wing & Landing Gear Read More »
