Spar Lay-ups

Spar Lay-ups

This is a roddy good section, with plenty of good acting as they say in Python. Actually, this is better suited to Princeton basketball, because there are tons of layups to be done. The first is to bid the top and bottom of the spar to the firewall, and the little chamfered openings on the […]

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Spar Lay-ups

Spar Lay-ups

This is a roddy good section, with plenty of good acting as they say in Python. Actually, this is better suited to Princeton basketball, because there are tons of layups to be done. The first is to bid the top and bottom of the spar to the firewall, and the little chamfered openings on the […]

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Knurled Bushing Installation in Bulkheads

Knurled Bushing Installation in Bulkheads

Installing the main gear bushings in the fast build fuselage seems easy enough, right. It’s all done, just pop the bolt out, mix up some structural adhesive, put the bolts in, and snug it up. It does seem simple, I admit, but apparently as Hamlet said “I know not seems”, because once the bolts are […]

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Spar Installation

Spar Installation

We completed this section in one long evening of work. We used the marks made with Frank during Head Start (and a leveled aircraft) as a starting point, re-verified the plumb-ness of the the outboard hardpoints, the level of the spar, and the sweep to the “nose bolt hole”. Actually, this part was difficult due to the […]

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Spar Installation

Spar Installation

We completed this section in one long evening of work. We used the marks made with Frank during Head Start (and a leveled aircraft) as a starting point, re-verified the plumb-ness of the the outboard hardpoints, the level of the spar, and the sweep to the “nose bolt hole”. Actually, this part was difficult due to the […]

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Keel Aft Access Holes

Keel Aft Access Holes

The keel has been fitted against the canard bulkhead that was installed by the factory, however. Also, we drilled 1/8″ holes in the aft section of the keel to access the torque tube bolts on the rear support. Now that we’ve set the location of the speed brake actuator, we’ve cut a 6′ diameter access hole […]

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