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Old 09-08-2009 | 10:52 AM
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perdervall
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Default RE: Tiger Moth, scratch build, 1.5m span

Yesterdays progress.

Trailing edge sheeting fitted. Looking pretty good, though I could have been a little more careful with my rib cutting, I have some smallish gaps to fill. Nothing much, but I promise the other panels will be much better.

Upper left wing half removed from building board. Decided to use 2mm sheet to construct the wingtip reinforced by some extra balsa at the tip of the tip structure and a few fillets. Should look nice. I've decided to put off sanding and shaping until the other half is done so I can get an idea of how the entire thing will look like.

Next up is the right half of the upper wing. As of right now it's dry fitted to my building board and I'm manufacturing the shear webs from some 2mm balsa sheeting that was previously cut.

I'm sorry about the sometimes quite crappy photography. I'm in this little shed without any real outside lighting, since my window is one of those bathroom window types with a textured glass surface and its also tinted with some unremovable film material. It is also cracked and needs to be replaced, but I'm a lazy man sometimes..

Oh and if anyone's wondering that wound on my hand.. lets just say propellers hurt and don't be stupid with them even if it's a very small electric.
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