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 »
Today I started finding the pieces that make up the rudder and fin of the aircraft, pinning them in place. I started with R1 (the top of the rudder) and R2, which I will say is a cross brace of the rudder making up the bottom of the front half that hangs over the top
Building Aero 3D Day 14: Rudder & Fin Started 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 »
Yesterday I did some work on the elevators by myself. This involved getting the perimeter of the right elevator pinned in place and then measuring the length for the ‘cross-braces’ making up the internal structure of the elevators and getting them cut and pinned in place out of 1⁄4” x 1⁄4” balsa stringers. The length
Building Aero 3D Day 12: Elevator Framework Pinned Read More »
Today Peter & John came over. John and I focused on figuring out how to piece together the tail, specifically the stabilizer and elevators. The ‘plans’ for this build leave a lot to be desired and I’m hoping anyone else trying to build this aircraft is able to use these posts to subliment the diagram
Building Aero 3D Day 11: Stabilizer & Elevator Begun Read More »
Today Peter and I made more progress on the sides of the aircraft. The day started by removing all the clamps from the previous session and seeing how well everything stuck. Overall we were very impressed with how the wood working glue held everything together. Using this glue is new to us. We then trimmed
Building Aero 3D Day 10: Second Side Sheeted Read More »
Today I sanded the sides of FU-ST-9, the balsa block at the very back, seen in the image below, to run smooth along the outer edges of the pieces it is glued between. I also glued some balsa pieces under FUH and to the back of former 10 (F10) to provide some additional support to
Building Aero 3D Day 9: First Side Sheeted Read More »
