Empennage – Trim servo Molex connector
Page 11-07 I had about an hour to attach the Molex-mini connector to the bunch of wires sticking out of the servo. The 5 wires that control servo are so thin! I’m not sure how the handle the current drawn …
Month: May 2015
Empennage – Trim pushrod
Put together trim pushrod. Lots of small things come together in this little thing. Spend about an hour to do it
Empennage – Trim servo
Started Section 11 I dont plan attaching Vertical fin and the stabilator to the tailcone for now. I’m running out of space in the garage and I think it is safe to do it later when the time comes for …
Tailcone – All skins are on
Before staring riveting I checked how the edge of the F-1279 skins meet the the skin it overlays on. It looked OK unriveted. The plans do not call for bending the edges inwards the same way it is done on other …
Tailcone – Side skins are clecoed on
Clecoed on the side skins. … but first put some RTV sealant on the static port tubes on both sides. I used some sort of Marine clear RTV from Supercheap Auto. It supposed to be non-corrosive. I also …
Tailcone – Little things
I was not happy about suggested routing for the trim wiring. It supposed to go inside the J-stiffener all the way to the end of it and bend over 90 degrees down over the sharp edge of the stiffener. I …
Tailcone – Side skins, tubing and wireing
Two things done today: 1. Clecoed the side skins and the rear bulkhead (the thing with lots of solid rivets) 2. Attached the static ports and all the tubing associated with them. Static ports puzzled me a bit. First I …
Tailcone – Bottom skin riveting completed
Finished riveting of the bottom skins and flipped the fuselage right way up. It already looks like a plane 🙂
Tailcone – Lots of riveting
Riveting started. Spend maybe just over two hours riveting bottom skins. About 50% through for now.
Tailcone – Put it all together
Interesting night 1. Trial fit for horizontal stab to rear bulkhead (F-1211) in order to find appropriate washers. Manual says the washers on both sides of the hinges should be the same – either thin (AN960-416L) or thick (AN960-416). It …