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Now for the leading eage. hkbii

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Now I put on the jig cut the outside of the ribs. I trim it close with the band saw then shape it on the router. hkbii.

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Now a light sanding and then sat them up on the plans. hkbii.

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Howdi gents. now I cut the sheer webbing. hkbii

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It's time to start glueing. ribs and sheer web. hkbii.

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now the top spar and leading eage. hkbii.

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That only leaves a very small contact area for glue though, don't you want to glue "taller" shear webs side-on onto the spars?

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Howdie gents, mr. cox with a I beam spar the load is on the wood not on the glue joint. this is one of the strongest ways to build a wing. the strongest is a box spar. this is allso the lightest , less wood less glue. it takes an accurate fit to get the best results, but well worth the effort.

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Yes, I see what you mean (I was sort of thinking out lowd before) a tight fit must be very important though.

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Howdie gents. Its time for the t.e and ribs one and two.

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Now for the mounting blocks and the hing suport blocks. hkbii.

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Cewl! Never seen paint and marking done like that before.

How about some data on the skis? How wide & the length, do they move up and down, or just point forward? How good do they work for the plane? Am thinking about using them here, just don't know much about them.

Your model looks like a quick flier!

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VERY NICE photos on how you do things. The younger folks could take some lessons from you. All those table saw, band saw and router 'fixtures' are great to see. Slap some wood in it, fasten it down, 'zip' and dump the parts out. You could almost start making kits!! Norm Abrams has competition from you.... his fixtures are all nice and purty and painted and stained, but yours are 'down and dirty' and you "Git Er Done"!! Thanks for sharing.

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Howdie gents . Remby , sorry its not paint. I coverd it all with iron on covering. I drew the templet, then cut it out then laid the covering on a pice of glass that I misted with windex, then taped the templet over the covering. I'll give more on this when I get that far. I gave some info on the skies in an other thread( how much wind ) I'll do a post on the skies and give a lot more info. Yuu thanks. I thought about painting them or staining them but like you said "get er done." I built the jigs from my scrap box, and its been to cold (-20) to paint in the shop.

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Howdie gents, Heres the frame for the servo hatch. hkbii.

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After sanding servo hatch to shape I then wet down the top side of the sheet for the d-tube and pin it to the wing. As the wood suck up the water it swells the fibers and makes the sheet bend. When its dry it holds the shape and will glue down real nice. khbii

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Sorry I forgot to say to sand the eage of the sheet to fit the angle of the l.e. now I'll do the asme on the bottom of the wing.

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Heres the bottom of the wing, all guled and pined down. hkbii

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Now its time for the cap strip. hkbii

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time for sanding. hkbii.

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center joint. khbii

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now to start sanding and fiting the center joint. hkbii

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Howdie gents, Its now time to shap the l.e. I like to use a planer and a long t-bar sander.

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Now its time for the wing tips. I drilled holes in the frist one then stacked and glued them togather. hkbii.

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Howdie gents, well I made lots of saw dust today. I sanded the tips down close with the belt sander then shaved it close with the planer then worked it over with a sanding block. hkbii