russ_hillis

Moving on to the fuse, (while I wait for my 'glass to finish the wing) The fuselage sides on the cowboy are supposed to be 1/8" plywood front to rear. It's really tempting to do the 1/8 ply to the back of the root of the wing and then carry the remainder of the fuselage to the tail with some 1/16" ply. For this to work, I would do a lap joint on the 1/8" ply with a 45* angle in an effort to create extra strength. Just not sure what to do yet. Anyway, I photocopied the original plan, taped it together and I'm going to use it as template for the first fuse side. For the 2nd fuse side, I'm going to cut out the rough shape and use a router piloted laminate trim bit and use the 1st side as a template. This way both fuse sides are identical, right down to the cutting mistakes!