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| Skyediamonds1985 | Herr Engineering Ryan ST-A | Parked | 26-Jun-15 22:37 |  |
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| Rather than simply marking the cooling holes, I decided to allow my OCD (just a small part, mind you) run a bit wild and used a pine vise to drill out the holes. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Herr Engineering Ryan ST-A | Build | 26-Jun-15 22:34 |  |
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| Using tubular plastic purchased at a local hobby store (only 35 miles from where I live) to cut up the cylinders for the engine. All sizes were from careful use of the retinae supplemented with glass protection (eyeballs), resulted in pretty close tolerances.. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Herr Engineering Ryan ST-A | Build | 26-Jun-15 22:25 |  |
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| Now gluing the plastic card onto the top of the engine. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Herr Engineering Ryan ST-A | Build | 26-Jun-15 22:23 |  |
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| Where was I? Oh yeah. Building the Wright Bros' engine. Here to make the flat plate on top of the engine. Used a T pin to push out the rivets on the other side. |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Herr Engineering Ryan ST-A | Parked | 25-Jun-15 14:28 |  |
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| Rear view of completed Wright Flyer. Finally figured out this picture thangy |
| Skyediamonds1985 | Herr Engineering Ryan ST-A | Build | 25-Jun-15 13:58 |  |
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| Guys, this is a test photo of my completed Wright Bros. engine prior to installation. Let me know what you think. |
