Thursday 9 May 2013

Almost looks like an aeroplane!

Put all the pieces together last night just to get an idea of size etc...

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Wings Skinned!

I have at last managed to finish skinning the wings. Top sheets were applied over the weekend. Used sandbags to weigh the sheets down as they mould to the profile of the wing. Needed a bit of Lead on the wingtips and clamps to get the sheet to form to the complex curves at that point, but apart from that, the sheets went on quite quickly and easily!

Looking at other plans, I think a solid wing tip would have been easier to construct, but I'm sure there are reasons for the way it has been designed.








Monday 29 April 2013

Retracts

Have now got the retracts for the Zero. Quite substantial really. I am just strating with the final skinning before glass coating the wing.