Wings to Aircraft

Here we’re doing miscellaneous filling and sanding to get the contours correct. Strake Door Finish Canard Mounting 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 nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea […]

Mounting Aileron Fences

Check out our wings section for information on trailing edge wing fences for improved low speed handling. 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 nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea […]

Aileron Fences

The ailerons have been balanced with the bottom of the ailerons level, with stick-on tire weights (acquired from Smythe automotive) which were then glassed over. Then we built trailing edge fences that are loosely based on Klaus Savier’s. A piece a 2-ply TRIAX cut into a triangle is fitted outside of the aileron Location and Sizes […]

Installing the Vortilons

Here we’re installing the vortilons for the first time. Note that they’ve been primer with UV-resistant primer to protect the glass. Vortilon installation 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 nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis […]

Wing Root Fire Protection

Here, we’re installing Fiberfrax and Stainless Steel onto the wing-roots as the factory-recommended fire protection for this area. As you can see, I’ve made a kraft paper template, then a rigid cardboard template, then cut the Fiberfrax, and still had to trim the stainless some after cutting the pattern out of it. Paper Templates Cardboard […]

Wings Move to the Airport

Well, we had gotten a hangar at our local airport (I68, about 7 miles away), and since we were pretty much done with the work on them, we figured we reclaim the dining and living rooms by taking the wings to the airport. Fortunately our friends, and XL/RG builders, the Brainards live in nearby Lebanon and have […]