Wiring, Wheels and Welding

Jeff has now installed the wiring in the wings for the servos along with the forward pins that prevent the wing from rotating. The canard now has epoxy on it and will have the elevator cut out tomorrow. The wing will be closed out tomorrow and likely have the servos installed as well.

The winglets will be permanently attached to the wings once the wings are closed out.

It’s coming together. The window template will be used as a guide when we paint it. It’s sitting a little far back in this picture.

Gear is nearly all done. The front fork still needs to be drilled for the axle.

The wings are offset because the fuselage holes for the forward pins have not yet been drilled.

On the home stretch for the welding table

The welding table is complete. Not bad for 3 days work and my first attempt at welding.

So as you can see, I finished the welding table. It’s a beast at 8' x 4' and probably weighs about 300lbs. My welding has improved but I still can’t weld vertically. So, for now I’ll just stick with horizontal welds. Tomorrow we’ll sit the welder in the tray at the bottom. We are now ready to begin creating platforms for the plugs. Foam block will be on the way soon. It won’t be too long until we start milling the first plug with the CNC.

The compressor has arrived. We’ll be firing it up tomorrow and hopefully firing up the CNC machine as well.

The compressor is a 10hp, rotary screw total air system with a 150 gal tank. This should suit us for many years and easily provide air for the CNC and air tools.

There are many more things in progress right now. More updates to come soon.