RE: Ace Extra 230 33% Fiberglass
Some pics of the airframe and fixturing.
Iused an 8' length of 80/20 extruded rail, 1 1/2"aluminum angles with 5/16"carriage bolts and nuts to position the formers. This set-up made it very easy to align the formers perpendicular to the centerline, and 90 degrees (plumb)to the rail, and allowed simultaneous dry fit-up of the stringers on both sides. I only made some minor adjustments to the 1/4 x 1/4 notches in the formers in order to keep the sides perfectly flat (checked with straight edge). Decided to use medium CA on all of the joints - no kicker required. After the accessible sides of the joints were tacked Iun-clamped the framework from the rail and did the undersides. Construction was complete in just under an hour. Mahogany side plates get through holes machined tomorrow for the wing tube, then epoxied to the frame. Turtledeck (from previous post) now matches the airframe - Ithrew in the tail just to get some perspective.
Thanks.