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| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 15-Jul-09 03:45 |  | | Views : 756 | | Bevel the infill pieces where needed. And remember to sand off the laser " Ala Chara" on the seams... unless you prefer little black lines on your joints...(ahem). |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 15-Jul-09 03:34 |  | | Views : 733 | | The wingroot sheet infill pieces are precut.Went in wonderfully. Glued in the two adjacent stringers on nose and tail only first, then lower adjacent stringer where indicated by laser marking on only F3 and F6 (nose is F1). Then glue lower infill piece to formers using the stringer two glue points like a shelf. finishinish gluing stringers, Add top wing root infill piece. Done. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 14-Jul-09 02:34 |  | | Views : 752 | | Exhaust trough. The "Active Air Ducting" is used to help reduce drag (venturi like during boost as wel as eliminating turbulence around the motor nozzle. The trough gets lined as well woth paper then aluminum foil. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 14-Jul-09 02:25 |  | | Views : 663 | | Intake, |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 14-Jul-09 02:21 |  | | Views : 679 | | Everything to make it go done. The paper is 67 lbs. Vellum Bristol ( used for "Fiddlers Green" models). |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 14-Jul-09 02:15 |  | | Views : 679 | | The air duct will continue thru to F4. |
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| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 14-Jul-09 02:12 |  | | Views : 757 | | Installing the "Rapier" L2 or L2HP motor tube and the "Active Ducting". |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 12-Jul-09 03:49 |  | | Views : 712 | | Formers and outer keel strip in place. Ready to come off and add other side. Onlt the forward and aft formers have notches for the stringers. The remainder have small laser marked centerlines indicated on the formers. If you look closely you can see them. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 12-Jul-09 03:42 |  | | Views : 681 | | Started fuselage. Keel parts down. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 09-Jul-09 05:22 |  | | Views : 723 | | This kit has some pretty complex wingtips. The vert fin is, well, vertical, but offset by the 6 deg. diherdral angle and the horizontal "Diffuser" (it's what the plans call it) has anhedral as well as being angled to match the bottom surface of the airfoil. A bit confusing. Twice. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Build | 09-Jul-09 05:09 |  | | Views : 733 | | And some more sanding! Tips with inset surfaces. |
| pfinn | Shortys Basement BV-215 | Reference | 06-Jul-09 04:03 |  | | Views : 862 | | Well, I know it ain't wood but, what do you think the first thing I decide to make on my new CAD software should be anyways?! My first build. Fi 167. I like wood much more. MUCH more. |
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