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Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows 1903 Wright Flyer | Build | 30-Jun-15 19:50 | |
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The left prop drive assembly is complete. This whole assembly is held in place by the main tube just glued to the engine axle and the other end to the prop mount. Pretty fragile set up. |
Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows 1903 Wright Flyer | Build | 30-Jun-15 19:42 | |
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The assembly is complete. The main support is on top, the two tubes containing the drives chains are on the bottom supported by a small brace. |
Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows 1903 Wright Flyer | Build | 30-Jun-15 19:37 | |
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Sorry guys. Goofed on the captioning. Assembling the main prop drives. On the original Flyer the main tube connects directly from the axle of the engine to the prop mounts. Here, I'm holding one of the additional tubes that will contain the drive chains. |
Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows 1903 Wright Flyer | Build | 30-Jun-15 19:34 | |
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Assembling the tubular drive from the engine to the prop mounts. If you look carefully, you can see the original wooden Guillow 's drive b |
Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows 1903 Wright Flyer | Build | 30-Jun-15 19:30 | |
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Assembling the top and bottom wings together and using the cut outs from the kit box as a jig. The prop mounts are included. |
Skyediamonds1985 | Guillows 1903 Wright Flyer | Build | 29-Jun-15 12:28 | |
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After fabricating the engine, the next step with to construct the propeller mounts. I deviated from the plans calling for balsa wood and decided to use thin styrene plastic tubing. |