Marty_d Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The braces will be staying - it is the area where the motor will be mounted and yes you are right about the wings. It is a one off at this time. I don't think I could cope with building another one certainly not at the moment. Sorry, I was a bit unclear - I mean are you building another frame aft of the existing one to support the wing rear spar - not another aircraft! (Regarding the angled braces I meant the two aft of the existing vertical frame, not the one in front of it... I assume that is the centre of the windshield and it's a conventional front mounted engine?) Tell me to bugger off and mind my own business if you want! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 No it is going to be a pusher not a tractor motor. The two aft braces will eventually serve to provide a structure around the motor. The intention is to have foldable wings but have to sort prop clearance obviously dependent on number of blades. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 That explains it... I thought there was a lot of structure in the rear fuselage if it was just the bottom skin of a conventional fuse, but obviously you need it as prop clearance doesn't allow you a lot of room. Sorry for the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 All good - if I survive the building fiasco there will be several more pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 The day the bandsaw stood still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 A bit of tail plane happening .... . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 .....and more...... ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 ......and to keep people in silent awe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Looks great Ursae Majoris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 ......further on down the tracky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 And ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 That looks like a big-ass stab Planet47 - what's the span? (Looks nice by the way!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 Somewhere around 9' I think - my memory is shot from info overload & my eyes are blinded by the constant flow of silver aluminium as I tirelessly slave away :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Six months of work - first photo on 6/3/15 and last photo on 7/3/15 and there are lots of photos in between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 Actually - las photo on the 7/9/15 = 6 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 M Soon some more rivets! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 959 days later 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 My tailplane - plastic to be removed, a bit of trimming and filing and taking out 3/32 holes to 1/8 and deburring and priming and hopefully some riveting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Some more .........! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The gold plated appearance looks pretty cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 No just yellow oxide primer & light reelection when I took the photo but maybe a basis for a colour scheme to come:smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon500 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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