Well somehow i stayed up till 4:30 am working on the plane last night , dont know how i did it lol.

Attached below are some pictures of the work ive done recently on the Griffin.
Pictures in order described here:
(1.) I decided to reinforce the landing gear with plywood brackets shaped like this: l____l i thought this would add some extra strength to the landing gear area for bouncy or rough landings.

(2.) The three landing gear blocks that will be epoxyed together to make up the main landing gear block area.

(3.) The plywooed landing gear reinforcement pieces CA'ed in place.

(4.) Centerline drawn on wing joiners. There are 2 groups of wing joiners. Set 1: F1,F2 and Set 2: F3,F4.

(5.) The three landing gear blocks epoxyed in place and rdy for landing gear installation.

(6.) The two sets of wing joiners and both wing halves rdy for final assembly [8D]

(7.) The elevator lower support piece rdy to be epoxyed in place.

(8.) After attending our club meeting, a few of the members suggested i add some cross bars to my elevator to strengthen it up and make sure it wont twist at all. Thanks club members!

(9.) landing gear block centerlines traced and drill holes marked. centerlines were also marked on the actual landing gear, just on the sides tho.

(10.) Landing gear block tapped with 4-40 tap and rdy for the 1/4"-20 nylon bolts. Also had to drill out the metal landing gear with 3/16" drill to allow nylon bolts thru.

(11.) Landing gear pieces rdy for installation.

(12.) Sheeting the front edge of the wing, have to cut the sheeting from 3" down to 2.5".

(13.) Its starting to take shape and look like a trainer [8D] Sweet!


I hope everyones enjoying this build thread This plane has been a fun and exciting project thus far.

-David