Tab Facing Spar #5

I put the second and third coats of varnish on the tab facing spar tonight then I glued the anti-tab trailing edge to the lower surface plywood.  I put some more thought and research into the structural fittings for the plane.  They are specified as 6061-T6 on the plans but 2024-T3 is the equivalent to the material on the original design.  I will be remaking all of these parts now.  I would have done this the first time if I had known that the extrusions were available.

Number of hours: 1.5
Total hours: 248.2

Tab Facing Spar #4

I cut a hole in the tab facing spar for a control horn passageway and then I put a coat of varnish on the inside of the tab facing spar.  I tried to even out the suface on one of the lengths of trailing edge that I cut a couple of months ago and then I cut a piece of plywood for the anti-tab lower surface.  I think it is a little odd that the upper and lower surface of the anti-tab are 0.8mm plywood but the upper and lower surfaces of the canard are 1.2mm plywood (I will be using 1.5mm because 1.2mm is unavailable).

Number of hours: 0.7
Total hours: 246.7

Tab Facing Spar #3

Sorry, no pictures for this post.  I just spent a little bit of time cleaning the excess glue and plywood from the tab facing spar and I looked at how the two anti-tab spars will need to be beveled to match the airfoil.

Number of hours: 0.5
Total hours: 246.0

Tab Facing Spar #2

I've probably botched the name of this spar a couple of times but I will try to be more consistent.  I got home and cleared out the driveway right after work.  Thankfully, my wife made a late dinner so I could work at that nonstop.  I decided to glue the web to the tab facing spar.

Number of hours: 0.3
Total hours: 245.5

The View Out My Office Window Today

This is a picture out my office window. It looks like I will spend most of my evening removing snow from my driveway so I don't know if I'll get to gluing up the web on the tab facing spar tonight.

Futsing Around

Well, here we are in December and almost to the end of another hunting season so it is time to get back to some aviation related activities.  I still haven't completed my flight training but I am hoping for nice weather next Monday.  With Christmas around the corner I had to remove my fuselage from the living room.  This required a reorganization of the workshop, materials, components, and workbench.  If you remember, I left off working on sheeting the D cell for the leading edge of the canard.  I was frustrated because it wasn't working out and I had to remove my first attempted section.  I knew that I needed to get back down there and just fiddle around a bit and tonight was the night that I finally worked up the gumption to do it.  I forgot how powerful it is to just be in the same room as your project.  I spent a lot of time just admiring what I had accomplished so far.  This led to some cleanup of excess glue here and there, then some organization, then marking the piano hinges to be cut another day, and ended by cutting and marking a new plywood aft web for the spar facing tab on the canard.  I intend to glue it together tomorrow night.  I needed to ease back into building with a non-threatening project like this and I'm not sure that it's the best time to skin a wing with our low humidity.

Number of hours: 1.0
Total hours: 245.2

Canard Leading Edge #6

Well, after removing the tie down straps I noticed the the plywood was only glued to half of the spar caps in between the ribs.  I decided to remove the plywood and try again.  I have developed a new strategy that I intend to follow for the next panel.  In the mean time, I have been cleaning up and reorganizing the workshop.  Happy wife, happy life.

Number of hours: 3.0
Total hours: 244.2