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Followed by the rudder: once again, the false LE is hinged up before construction commences...

Now the tailwheel assembly can be added, prior to ply-sheeting the rear of the fuselage...

Moving on now to the wings...using my current wing-build practice, the lower main spar is built over the plan. Once the upper spar is added, the ply webs are glued to the front of the spar and the sub-spar dropped in in front of them.

The second wing joiner sits between the sub spars: when fitting two joiner boxes like this, it's always prudent to insert the blades into the boxes to ensure that they are exactly parallel as the epoxy cures...

Once the lower sheeting has been added (not forgetting the ply plate to accept the rubber band retention hook) the wing can be placed on its jigging supports, weighed down and the top sheeting added...

Now the wing root can be finalised and lined with 0.8mm ply...

The wing root fairing on the fuselage is simply a 1.5mm ply profile: this is best made by offering up to the wing root and marking around. Also, it's best to leave the wing joiner boxes and incidence tube proud of the wing root up to this stage. This way, a ply blank can be pushed into the wing root with two layers of masking tape in the appropriate places. The resultant marks in the tape will show where to cut and drill, then, when you mark out the profile it will be accurate in relation to the protruding brass...
Once fitted, it was time to add the 6mm half-round dowel from my nearly diminished stock to simulate the metal tube of the full size. Then, at this stage, it was time for the obligatory test rig!

Hi Chris,

Another great build thread, will you be flying this at Whitesheet this weekend, weather permitting?

Of all the sad words of tongue & pen...'weather permitting' are the saddest...

Not looking good at present...



BC