Strake Rollover

We finally got all of the needed “upside down” work completed, and although there might have been a few more things we could have done while she was belly up, I was tired of looking at her in that state. For one, she looked like a dead bug. For another, the poor sawhorses were groaning. […]

Firewall Reinforcements

To reinforce the firewall where the engine will be mounted, and to tie it into the fuselage and wing spar more thoroughly. Inside, the sides get two layups each, 2 ply of triax 6″x18″ which is laid up about 6″ onto the firewall. One is set horizontally just above the spar, the other at at […]

Canard Rear Attach Points

In this section we need to make a attachment point on the back side of the canard to accept the torsional load of the wing. In order to do this we made a jig out of 1″x4″ covered with aluminum foil tape to make 3″x3″ pads to later accept a bolt. First we sanded the […]

Install Nylaflow Tubing for Rudder Cables

This section is simple enough, just take 3/16″ nylaflow tubing from 6″ aft of the attachment point on the pedal assembly, through the carbon beam, sweeping gently up to the top of the gear bulkhead and extending slightly out the back of the firewall. The only real trick here is that the recommended method of […]

Install Nose Gear Strut

Much of this section was completed prior to delivery as part of the quick build fuselage. The location of the king pin and shock locations were set, for example, but we did rough out the inside skin where the gear leg pass down through and reinforce it with two layers of bid. Then we located […]

Upper Canard Cut-Out

The upper canard cut-out was made during our Head Start week. I find it terrifying to make big cuts like this on my expensive bird, but it’s fairly straight forward. Just stretch the pre-marked lines down to meet the lower cut-out line. This forms the “doghouse”. You can’t tell from this picture (see below), but […]