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Old 11-21-2009 | 09:24 AM
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Default RE: Phoenix 6 - Start # 2

Back to it, been busy around the ranch, messing with the new YS110S, Richard and Crashlander straightened me out, all left is some fine tuning. Man, that YS sounds like a beast, and it is only a 110. If anyone knows when the new 115 is going to be available, would appreciate it.

Here are the wing panel's laid out. I have measured for the pan and wing bolt's, just took a look at Phoenix #1. I also have template's that was saved from past Phoenix 6 project's. I have the 6"X1/16" skin's, DB Southern Sorghum, sanding blocks, 3/8" stock, wood and ply for the retract mount's, epoxy, and marine resin, cloth. I lucked out, this epoxy SkyGlas kit came from a guy in Ft. Lauderdale, where the NIB (old stock), Midwest Mach I came from, he had a pair of Phoenix wing tip's, and pair of perfect strip aileron's, taken from a crashed bird some time back. They are perfect, I will adapt them to this wing.

I may be repeating past post's here, here's the plan. Lightly block sand the panels, vacuum, epoxy 3/8" stock to TE, 1/8" balsa to wing tip's, measure retract cut-out's, build gear assembly's, epoxy in, wrap wing with skin's, join with 1" under each tip for diehedral, join, set in cradle, glass center section with cloth, top and bottom, drill for wing bolts, to blocks in fuse, wing bolt holes will be brass bushed, forward center section ready for dowels, unless I go to 4 wing bolts here, fore and aft.
Get stab, elevator's, ready. Stab will be aligned after wing is finished for wing saddle. A NIB OS61 SF ringed will be installed.
Lot to do here, more later. Here is the finished product, going to change the color on this one, maybe the scheme.
Crank

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