Postby MalcolmDouglasPorter » December 4th, 2014, 5:03 pm
Thank you Dave Brown for your encouraging words.
I did my duty today, bought the Christmas Tree, paid for lunch etc, then did a little more on the fettling this afternoon. The next piccie shows a dry run with the No 1 frames included. This dry run has shown up a few more things that need sorting out. Nothing is impossible and they will be sorted and any remedies worked out, nothing drastic, but must be addressed. One obvious things is the angle from the outer aerofoil frame to the inner frame, they do not seem to line up as I would have hoped they would and will require some fettling and the use of an adjustable bevel to get right. I will determine these angles from the main wing drawings and transfer them to this set up, it will be correct eventually. I spent months agonising over the drawings, it is amazing what you cannot see (in the drawings), and the things that show up that you couldn't expect. Some small amount of re-designing will be needed for sure! As I mentioned before, the undercarriage will keep me engrossed for a few days. Dunno when I'll get to do these things, Christmas and jobs on the house will be getting in the way!
I will also be completing the weight saving holes, but these will have to wait till other things are organised. I do not want a hole where something else needs to attach?
I am looking forward to making the front part of this section, it is about another 28 inches making this front portion of the fuselage about five feet long. The rear part of this will also be ITRO five feet, which means that the whole thing will be too long for my work bench, that is nine feet long.
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- No. 1 frames included.
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- A slightly different angle? Elastic bands doing their thing again!
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