Canard Attach Reinforcement

Canard Attach Reinforcement

For the bulkhead reinforcement we cut 8 8″-18″ pieces of Triaxial lengthwise, and trimmed it into an “L” to fit the canard cut-out. The sections overlap the opening by 4″ above and below, and extend onto the bulkhead by 5″, 2 plys each. Canard Bulkhead Reinforcement – Bulkhead Side Canard Bulkhead Reinforcement – Fuselage Side […]

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Nose Access Cover

Nose Access Cover

These are now pre-molded at the factory. We’ve cut the 5/8″ lip for the flange onto the fuselage, and sanded the door to fit. We have done some finishing work with Cabosil, filling the void between the hatch and the flange. This is accomplished by duct taping the cover and the pressing it down into […]

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Assemble Rudder Pedals

Assemble Rudder Pedals

OBSOLETE. These pedals were replaced when we upgraded to the Cleveland brakes with the toe-brake option. Assembling the rudder pedals is a pretty straightforward exercise in connect-the-dots. Of note is the fact that the back of the pedal has an arm that actuates the brake on one side of the plane for steering on the ground (the nose wheel […]

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Install Panel

Install Panel

The panel attachment brackets were laid up as part of the fast build fuselage. The screw and nut plate were not installed, but we will hold onto this to see if we use the factory panel or not (we’re considering a carbon fiber panel). We have installed the factory panel in the expectation that we […]

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Initial Canard Fit

During Head Start week we fitted the canard. First we leveled the plane, and then progressively sanded underneath the canard until it just rested on the canard bulkhead, the we checked it’s incidence. Once the incidence was right we pilot drilled for the lift tab bolts. This section recommends trimming the elevators to fit the […]

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Fuselage Hard-points

Fuselage Hard-points

The seat hard-points were installed using the factory placement guidelines as a starting point, however our seats have a large amount of side-bolstering, so we mounted them slightly off-center, but the specified 35″ from the canard bulkhead. The rear seats were trial fitted in different locations, to allow for different operational characteristics. We tried allowing […]

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