MINIMOA MO2a 3.5 SCALE

[chris williams]

Time to make up the all-moving rudder and install the rudder cable guides. Unlike most sailplanes, the rudder guides exit out of the rear former, rather than the sides of the fuselage, so there's not a lot of room when connecting up...

[chris williams]

Some details now of the rudder mounting arrangement...

[chris williams]

Now it's time to start on the wings. These are built with my old method i.e. built in two panels, later joined at the gull break.

[chris williams]

A good stage to check the progress so far...

[chris williams]

Now the outer and inner panels can be jigged up and joined together...

[chris williams]

Before the lower sheeting is added, a straight edge clamped to the aileron spar keeps the outer wing panel straight. Before adding the top sheeting, the two small parts of the inner panel TE are clamped to keep them parallel...

[chris williams]

After a quick dihedral check, the wing can be placed on the jigging supports and the top sheeting added...

[chris williams]

A quick progress check, then on with finalising the wing sheeting...

[chris williams]

Now it's time to sort out the fitting of the wing joiner box...

[chris williams]

A bit more work on the fuselage now, including adding a strip of 3mm sq spruce strip to form a rebate for the glazing, and sorting the hole for the landing light...