We worked on attaching the right wingtip today. This seemed like a more difficult thing, perhaps because it was different in terms of needing to measure very carefully and not wanting to ruin an expensive wing tip. Specifically, estimating where the wing rib is when you can’t tell for sure is time consuming. You need…
Flap and Aileron – 1/17/2016
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First we built the frise aileron and then attached it. Next came the flaps. The aileron is used as a template to tell how to attach the wing tip. The gap should be 1/8 inch. The Frise Ailerons use these standoff hinges. We’re going to have to convert the flaps from 912 flaps to…
R.Wing – Rib Support Tubes – 1/9/2016
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We cut custom length tubes for the wing rib support and spent a lot of time trying to figure out how long they should be. We also installed the tie wraps around the wing rib supports. Here’s the lengths of the rib support tubes in the documentation for the LSX wing. We’re told that they…
R.Wing – Lower wing ribs – 12/30/2015
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We worked on the lower wing ribs today. First Ethan helped me fix my snowblower! The clutch mechanism wasn’t engaging fully. Here are the lower wing ribs laid out . Here’s how they attach. On a prior page it says to “align the plastic tip to fit the radius of the wing spar leading…
R.Wing – started ribs – Dec 25, 26 2015
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We worked on the right side wing this weekend. You could think of that as the copilot side but if the plane is right side up and flying forwards, this wing will be on the right side of the plane. Ordered some new parts for the wing and the vertical fin reinforcement kit Installed…
Building both wing frames – Dec 19 & 20 – 2015
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We worked on building the wing frames this weekend. We also sprayed CorrosionX in the wing tubes. Things of note: Putting the wing tip on using superglue to attach the washer to the nut so that you can hold both of them inside the tube with a needle nose pliers. – Or you could just get…