Off the shelf and on the bench. Found damage to the tail section of the fuselage and many other issues that will have to be reworked or repaired. Thank goodness for the jig as alignment of the long fuselage has been maintained. A twist or bow would be a disaster on the maiden flight.
Must make the decision as to how to handle the wing center section in the fuselage. Considering making it mounted solid to the fuselage with a removeable section over the top to handle equipment.
Just bought a 12’ trailer to handle this plane as my smaller trailer was too short for the length and the width of the center section would just fit inside. I will pick up the trailer tomorrow.
Wow, need to resize these photos before putting them on the site.
Fuselage in jig minus damaged tail section
Outboard wing sections, finished one side only to add servos and electric lines for lights.
Wing center section and the most masive of all the other modules with with the gear installed.
Tail section re-ttached and reinforced.