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Old 09-23-2017, 03:59 PM
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Got the holes in the tail of the fuselage drilled for the rods. Had to make a jig to get the drill to line up correctly. The right and left stab halves will slide over them and be held in place by the flying wires.

I don't trust the use of flashing and CA to hold the plane together under the pounding of a 30cc gas engine, so there will be a few Chicago screws used to hold critical parts together. I also have some good large-head wood screws to use to hold the coroplast on the fuselage mostly around the firewall and on the wing ribs.

The wing ribs and "I" beam seems pretty rigid. I did add a center rib to the top wing because I'm going to need it to support a seam on the top. I was going to make the top and bottom using single pieces of coroplast, but that will be too hard to glue and hold. Two three foot sections will be much easier.

Found some really neat little clamps at Harbor Freight for a good price.
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