Ok....took the clamps off and everything stuck together! Yaaa...
I then cut the rest of the 1/8" ply internal shear webs....
Some epoxy...some clamps.....some weights....
Here's a old picture of all the wing parts laid out....
This is the original drawing where I laid out all the wing parts....each rectangle is 12" x 24"
The wing parts where cut for me by Alex up in Wisconsin... http://www.ak-models.com/
Vintage wood is the BEST! But....every now and then a plastic missile can be quite enjoyable!
WOW!
That's just awesome Tom!
Petr
Thanks Petr......there are a few hours in that wing drawing!
In hind sight....it would have been faster and cheaper to make the ribs less complicated......laser cutting costs are figured on how many inches of "line" there is to cut....the more complex the part...the higher the cost. I seem to recall I paid around $350 for the parts.....that was 5 years ago.
Vintage wood is the BEST! But....every now and then a plastic missile can be quite enjoyable!
You're playing an altogether different ball game!
$350 isn't bad considering what you have there. The time it would take to cut by hand......
Petr
Yep......it's called juggling .....just how many builds can I keep in the air at one time!Originally Posted by yyz
Bingo! I have in the scrap box about a dozen of the ribs that I started to cut out by hand.....that dozen took forever and didn't even put a dent in the pile of ribs I needed!
Vintage wood is the BEST! But....every now and then a plastic missile can be quite enjoyable!
Spar #1 is ready for the outer 1/16" ply shear webs.......spar #2 will be assembled next....then I can shear web them both at the same time....just made an order to online metals for the steel tubing to construct the fuse part of the joiner...
The blue bunch of tubes....
Last edited by Tom; 05-18-2012 at 02:21 AM.
Vintage wood is the BEST! But....every now and then a plastic missile can be quite enjoyable!
Took the clamps off and all looks swell!
Also cleaned off the middle work bench so I can get the Duo wings underway....
Test fitted the back half of the wing to the spar.....
Vintage wood is the BEST! But....every now and then a plastic missile can be quite enjoyable!
LOVE IT!!
That's just so cool Tom!
Petr
Looking great there Tom, keep up the good work.
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