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hand crafted parts one has to make. Far Right: Working on the Ailerons. The leading edge is 1 1/8" dia. Trailing edge 1/2". The planes call for ribs of 1/2" tube stuffed through 1/2" holes drilled through the L. E. tube. Why weaken it that much? We decided that real ribs is the way to build an aileron. Shown is the root rib. A little more of the aileron in view here. The ribs are cut from 1/2" X 1" X .060 channel. First cut to size allowing for a little wrap around for the tubes. Split into upper and lower halves. Then one cuts the shape for the tubes, bend and pop rivet in place. 1/8" X 1/8" rivets. Far Right: Another view of rib. The inboard end of the aileron. Root rib and aileron control horn in place. The control horn will be through bolted. The end of the L. E. tube is double sleeved with tubes inside of tubes here. Hinge location marked. Far Right: A not so good picture of the root rib cut from a section of the channel stock. Landing Gear time: Somehow Dick and I just could not wrap our minds around the solid, un-sprung, fixed gear design of the Affordaplane. So we came up with this. Welded steel tube. Not sure if we will brace it with tube or a "drag" cable. Still need rubber bumper blocks and the bungee guide above the cross member. Wing struts attach to that 1" solid rod and a vertical 1" tube goes upwards from the bracket above the rod. We hung the fuselage structure from the overhead in the shop area to facilitate working on the L. G. 04-21-06 She rests on all three gear. My flash is not very strong and there is not a lot of light in the shop as you can see. |
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