JetFixr, I am glad to see that someone took a look. I really like virtual reality files because you can see in detail how the pieces fit together. I am sure that most people are hesitant to download an executable file for the viewer, but I'm glad you took the chance checked out the CAD design.
Ed, Thanks for the suggestion about cardboard, but I had planned to make the border around the landing gear using balsa soaked in water for a couple hours or more. It gets pliable when wet so I should be able to make smooth curves, just like you showed in your image. I thought that I should get the nyrod installed first. Thanks again for suggesting the carbon veil. That is incredible stuff! A small amount of carbon fiber veil and CA provides a lot of strength without much weight. Readers can go back a page or two to see the link directly to the product or they can go to home page for FiberGlast which is
www.fiberglast.com I thought was priced right and it's shipped to you on a spool so there are not creases.
rt3232, thanks for the encouragement. Interest from readers helps keep me motivated. That hasn't been my problem recently though. I just haven't had the time. Sometimes I am on-call and I work evenings at home.
I do sneak in a few minutes here and there even when working from home. Using those minutes here and there I was able to get my plotter working tonight. A bought a used inkjet HP DesignJet 600 plotter that will make D size plots. I have been anxious to try plotting all of the fuse formers, ribs, and other sheet pieces on a single plot. I still need to rework the CAD file before I can make that plot, but tonight I got closer to doing it. If it works out, I will post the plot file so others can take it to Kinko's. I am not interested in plotting it for other builders though. They are costly plots even on my own plotter and I don't want to sell anything to anyone, not even for cost. You can have the design and plot files free of charge and take them to Kinko's.
Well, that's it for now.
Mike Roerig
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