On January 29th we started with getting in the two W-HW-1, 1/4” x 3/8” hardwood cut to 11/2” length in place that slide through the rectangular openings in the W2 ribs. These are the two ribs that sit close together, one on each end of the wing, where the servos will eventually go. These were glued into […]
Building Aero 3D Day 22: Top Spars Glued 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
Building Aero 3D Day 20: Scarf Joints 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 »
Today I made some more progress on my Aero 3D. I started with the gluing portion which focused on the fin and rudder. The result seen in the image below. I had everything laid out from last session so I started with the fin and glued all the pieces together. I actually missed the cross-brace
Building Aero 3D Day 18: Fin, Rudder & Fuselage 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 »
