Keel Stiffening Lay-ups

Once the keel is installed, you need to do series of stiffening lay-ups with Tri-axial cloth. There are four inside the keel, one runs along the floor and up onto the canard bulkhead (3 plies of 5″x18″, running 10″ onto the bulkhead), one left to right (2 plies of 10″x13″ with the 10″ side running […]

Keel Forward and Rear Upper Access Holes

Here you can see where we’ve cut out the control stick access holes. Control Stick Access Holes Keel Control Supports Keel Markings Keel Plan Keel Access For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis […]

Rear Aileron Control Bracket

In this section we mounted the front aileron control torque tube support bracket on the inside of the keel, centered in the whale tail, but down about 5/8″ (this measurement isn’t really that critical for Fixed Gear aircraft). We also mounted the Roll Trim motor through the whale tail, and the control bracket to the […]

Front Bearing Support

In this section we mounted the front aileron control torque tube support bracket on the inside of the keel, pilot side, with the flange facing forward. The front end of the bearing goes 18-1/4″ aft of the front flange of the keel, over top of the the “house” hard point we put in in Section […]