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| Don C | Scratch Built Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 03-Jun-20 09:59 |  |
| Views : 370 |
| Still sanding. I've seen allagators with a smoother hide. |
| Don C | Scratch Built Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 26-May-20 19:03 |  |
| Views : 373 |
| Infilling done. 3 hours of sanding on fuse this afternoon. Once the sanding and sanding and - is done the wings can be attached and blended to the fuse. Then silkspan. |
| Don C | Scratch Built Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 26-May-20 11:58 |  |
| Views : 312 |
| I like the design of the wing construction. The ribs are split in the middle alowing for a half to be constructed flat on the plan. Then you simply glue the other half of the ribs in place. No shimming or guessing. Given that, I am trying something different for the infill: one 3/32 strip between each seyt of ribs. On this one the bottom is done. As the camber increases it takes shimming which you can see, but it giges just the right surface. I used the 3/32 so there was enough to sand some off. We shall see. |
| Don C | Scratch Built Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 26-May-20 11:46 |  |
| Views : 245 |
| Thanks Brian. Waiting for glue to dry on the wings I got the spine and fin shaped. Dusty! |
| Don C | Scratch Built Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 24-May-20 19:03 |  |
| Views : 333 |
| Finally! Holes are for clamping when gluing the wings on. I'll be wearing a dust mask for a couple of day. |
| Don C | Scratch Built Douglas F4D Skyray | Build | 22-May-20 16:17 |  |
| Views : 291 |
| And for a change today I carved the tailhook housing. |
