Saturday, Feb. 22nd, I cut out the pieces for the aileron. Peter & I then did some looking at the airframe and figuring out what went where… as even though the pieces are labeled you do not actually have any labels in the pictures provided and need to figure out how things go together based […]
Building Aero 3D Day 29: Wing Bolt Plate & Ailerons Started Read More »
Wednesday we finished prepping the firewall and reinforcing it. First step was getting two triangle blocks cut close to size as will sand the tops to match the form of the top of the fuselage. We then mixed up a batch of epoxy for the next steps.
Building Aero 3D Day 28: T-Nuts & Firewall Reinforcement Read More »
Monday, Peter & John came over and we shifted focus to the fuselage, specifically getting the firewall situated. I obtained a user Saito FA-100 for my engine and it came with a metal mount. Based on the diagrams provided the engine needs to be side mounted with the muffler down, this means the head of
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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 »
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 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
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