Chapter 5
Chapter Index
Status
Soap Box
Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Pictures

Here are the longerons clamped up and glued together.  You need lots of clamps to hold everything just so...

 

Lots of lead helps keep the longerons flat to the table.

Here is a shot of the foam laying in the jigs getting ready to trim.  I used short sheetmetal screws to hold the foam to the jigs.  The jigs are also built on their own frame so they can be moved around and worked at from underneath.  Works good to run screws in to hold things down, or to move the jigs to a different lace for storage.  I had the jigs built prior to the big package of material arriving.

Here is the bandsaw arrangement to cut the contour strips.  I still have enough fingers left to play the piano!

Here are the fuselage sides with the contour strips being layed into position.  Lots of lead weights to hold everything down.

A detail of how I used the cutoff strips to trim out the rear portion of the fuselage.  Lots of lead

Here are the LWX and LWY pieces in place, ready to glue up.  Add the electrical conduit pieces, fill it with foam, 6 layers of BID, and ready to go to assembly.