RE: Bates 106
Darren,
The back of the fuse has a stringer that gets a sever twist so I just 'sistered' the two stringers together to eliminated the twist, after sanding an angle on one of the stringers to get alignment.
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Fuse (cont)
Top half (cont)
The 1/4" thick balsa wing saddle was epoxied to the main stringer crutch.
I also epoxied some 3/8" thick ply to the front/back area to give more solid surface area for the four wing mount ply plates.
Most of the stringers were added.
I use a small contact eye dispenser for apply the carpenters glue.
I then use an acid brush to wipe the excess glue from each joint, which greatly speeds up the drying time as gobs of glue take a long time to dry (plus, only a small amount on all surfaces are only required for an excellent bonding surface).
Formers F-1,4,8A,13,14 required some extra stringer notches but was easy to cut with a razor saw, especially, the 3 ply plywood.
Due do some stress near the tail from installing the stringers, F-13 was rising about a 1/16" so I weighted it down until after sheeting is applied.
I put stringers across the top of the formers where the wing will be attached: I'll then be able to sheet this entire area and then, after cutting it out, have a perfectly aligned top sheeting after installing the wing.
I also sistered some short pieces of stringer material to the back of the stringers around the horizontal fuse: this will allow me to add more stringers around the stab to sheet this area and, also, get a nice alignment around the stab area.
NOTE: it appears that the web site has fixed their picture uploading problems so I'll back and post previous pictures (post # 16).