RE: Balsa USA Enforcer Build...
Thanks Dan for the wishing of luck! As I have said before, this will be a slow build. The laminated firewall is done. The next task is to mark the area where the firewall will attach to the back of the fuselage. Then, cut 1.5 inches of 1/2" triangle stock to glue to the fuselage side to allow more surface area for attaching the firewall later. It states to leave enough room for the wing bolt plate. I would suggest that you mark the line for the firewall and then mark the line for the wing bolt plate. Following the instructions to have the triangle stock edge flush with the top of the fuselage, the two lines do not form a 90° angle. It actually forms roughly a 86° angle. Also, I think that the length of the triangle stock is too long at 1.5 inches. I carefully measured the length for the triangle stock, cut it and sanded one edge of it to 86°. Again, the manual states to attach the triangle stock with thick CA but I am going to use 30 minute epoxy will milled fiberglass like I did with the firewall. Now, this might seem like I am splitting hairs when it comes to the angles, but doing it this way allows the wing bolt plate to lay flush on top of the triangle stock and aligns it to be flush with the wing cradle too. In the last picture, I flipped the fuselage sides over and marked where the firewall aligns and drew three dots. This is to mark the location (more or less) to "pin" the firewall to the fuselage sides with bamboo skewers or rounded toothpicks. This will give the firewall/fuselage connection more strength.