Its been a couple of weeks, have been busy with other projects but I have made some progress...
Wing Rods
When I got this plane the six foot wing was one piece. Now that I've extended it some, there's no way that's going to fit in the family car. So this will be a three piece wing. The outer wing panels will be connected via wing rods. First thing to do was make some end ribs with matching holes...
I'm using a length of brass tube capped at both ends with some epoxy...
This prevents the glue (epoxy mixed with micro-balloons) from entering the tube...
Then on goes the end rib...
Once that's curred I added the outer wing panel. Note the brass tube protruding into the first rib-bay...
Setting up the dihedral...
Some scrap wood to help fill the space around the brass tube...
In goes the epoxy/micro balloons goop...
Added a plywood spar-cap to seal everything up. Note the hacksaw blades positioned between the end-ribs...
The hacksaw blades were there to create a gap just big enough to fit a... well... a hacksaw blade so I could cut the brass tube...
There we go, two perfectly aligned wing-rod tubes...
A short length of carbon-fiber rod & we're in business...
That's starting to look like a wing...
