Tuesday I was able to work on my plane for a couple hours. Prior to covering the top of the wing I needed to cut the covering that was over the servo hatches. After cutting the covering into an ‘X’, corner to corner, I turned the wing back around and ensured that the covering is …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 29: Wing Servo Hatches Exposed + Top Covering Read More »
Saturday was the first building session of the new year after Christmas holidays. John stopped by and showed me more about covering. He also brought his woodpecker over which is a device used for making tiny wholes in the surface when you are covering. In my case I used it when covering the wood sheeting …
Building 4 Star 60 Day 28: Covering Bottom of Wing Read More »
Tuesday was all about covering and a special visitor. Stephanie stopped by to check out what I’ve been up to. Even though she has been seeing the pictures/posts along the way I believe she gained a better appreciation of what’s involved and how the plane looks (especially the size of the aircraft). Stephanie also helped …
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 »
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 …
