On November 5th, Peter dropped off my fuselage. At the previous session we noticed there was a twist from sitting for so long (uncompleted). In order to fix this, in the featured image, you can see where a support piece was put as well as balsa sheeting glued over the back of the fuselage to prevent movement.
Today Peter came over and we re-orientated ourselves to the project and determined what our next steps are. Following is a highlevel overview:
- Elevator preporation
- Goove elevator wire into the back of the stabilizer
- Drill holes in elevators for the wire
- Cover trailing edge of stabilizer
- Cover elevator
- Install hinges into the elevator
- Rudder preporation
- Make hinge slots
- Shape leading edge
- Final sanding
- Fuselage preporation
- Trim fuselage support (excess balsa you see running along the top of the fuselage)
- Install servos (3)
- Find exits for push rods
- Z bend installation into carbonfibre push rods at the servo end
- Add support beams for push rods
- Install motor mount (which is side mounted)
Hopefully will get started on the above list Wednesday.