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| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:57 |  |
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| This is the third attempt at constructing the vertical fin. It's been a long time since I built a balsa model (about 50 years), so I expect to have bad days. The ribs are 1/8" and the sheathing is hard 1/16" stuff. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:53 |  |
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| Starting the process of planking. I had several bottles of CA glue from our local Hobby Lobby which I used to glue up the formers and longerons. When I took the clamps loose, everything fell apart! A two hour drive to Sioux Falls to the LHS to get some fresh CA solved the problem. I'm using 3/32" X 1/4" strips for planking. I plan on planking the entire upper half of the fuselage before removing teh assembly from the jig. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:45 |  |
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| Another view of the jig and clamps. My "other hobby" is woodworking and one of the truisms from that avocation is that you can never have enough clamps. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:43 |  |
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| Longerons and formers mounted on the alignment jig. Got Clamps? |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:41 |  |
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| THis is the jig that I made to insure the alignment of the longerons. The longerons actually change elevation from the main spar back to the final former by about 7/16", thsu the jig. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Consolidated XF-92A | Build | 08-Jan-15 16:38 |  |
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| It tool me a while to get the features on this site figured out and Jim had to change something for me to get in. That being said, I ve actually been working on this thing for about a month, so there will be lots of pictures intially. Here are all of the formers, of 1/8" ply except for the main wing spar which is 1/4' BAltic Birch ply. Cut them out on my bandsaw and sanded them round on my spindle sander. |
