A view of the wing before joining the 2 halves together.
I placed a piece of square stock in the wing to join the 2 halves together. It is a piece of 1x 3/4 in stock about 1ft long. It is epoxied in place instead of CA'd |
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The next images will show wing completed and start of fuse.
I tried to get everything down as a I was building this. Some measurements might seem wrong but everything is coming out fine.
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Here is the completed wing.
The wing is done minus the decals. I will throw something on it when plane is just about ready for maiden flight. |
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I use a router to cut my fuses. Going diagonal makes it easier
The best way I do it is to set the router just above the coro before going completely thru. I use clamps and boards to make a fence for the router to follow. |
Inside of fuse before covering with more coro.
I used 1 x 36 square dowel for the framework. The tail is CA'd in place along with the vertical stab. |
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Side view of front of fuse.
The uppper area where the wing will sit is the same width as the wing. |
This measurement matches the width of the wing between the ailerons.
The wing area has formers and braces inside for strength. |
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This is just checking how things are fitting as Im building.
This image just gives me an idea of what I will do next. The yellow tail is not the one I will use. |
This is a closeup of how the tail is on the fuse.
The fuse is cut so the spar will rest inside. There are formers in here also. |
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Another view of the tail
I actually ended up using a red tail with a white vertical stab. |
I cut the tail much the same as a wing before glueing.
Place tail under fuse and then trace where the fuse sides lay on top. Then cut away coro. |
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Tail is also 2 seperate pieces glued together
I used contact cement for the tail. I have had very good luck with it. I also use it at my job so I know the set times before joining the pieces. If you join too soon then you get a weak joint. If you wait too long then you have to reglue to reactivate it. |
Tail measurements.
Here I finally decided on the tail to be red. I will post width measurements on another photo. |
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A view of the stab with notch for the spar in horizontal tail.
The vertical stab rests completely on the bottom of the fuse. |
Fuel tank setting.
This is how I set the tank in place. I will move this photo once I get measurements for the stab and place here. |
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