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Framing Cardens new CNC motor box
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Keeping it straight with square |
All framed up |
There Jim in the way again
GEZZZZZZ |
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| Building Fuse side |
Made a new F 4 Former |
Attaching Fuse sides |
Adding cross braces and gussets |
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| Gluing on the belly pan |
Shaping the hatch cover |
Painting canister interior |
Attaching motor box cheeks |
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| Bottom of fuse all framed up |
Installed turtle deck |
Starting Canopy |
First wing out of shuck |
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| Second wing out of shuck |
Wings and stabs waiting for glue to dry |
Trimming rudder front leading and trailing
edges |
Holding the leading and trailing edges
down with tape till dry |
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| All trimmed up fixing to cut ailerons |
Elevators are cut out of stab |
Ailerons are cut out of wing |
THE SHOP |
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| Master Builder AT WORK |
Happiness is a new DA 150 |
Mounting Cowl and aliening engine |
Ready for Fiberglass work |
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| Ralph starts with the 3/4oz glass
cloth |
You have to |
you go around |
and smooth it out |
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| Ralph spreads out the polyester resin |
He starts on the fuse side of the
wing |
Hey Hey Jim |
Yea you. |
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| The Fuse has the second side done |
Ralph has just about fished
Hey where is Jim |
Ah there he is using a bondo spreader to squeezes
out the excess resin |
You have to get it right down to the vary
end of the wing |
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Looks good so far all is laying down well |
Just the canopy to go |
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