Lost Pics

The next shot in the sequence is the joining of the fuse halves, unfortunately or fortunately I was shooting pics and saving them on multiple computers.. The unfortunate part was that the one with the pics I wanted for this posting were on the puter that fried the drive. So none f those pics are available. Bending the poplar halves into shape was an adventure because I made the fuse 2 inches wide so the bend to join the tail was more abrupt than to plan. That caused considerably more stress on the newly formed poplar fuse sides and longerons

Somewhere between build pics the computer with many of my pics the drive got fried so I ended up searching all around for what pics I did have. Obviously the ones I had joining the fuse are gone. So none to show in that phase sorry to say, I am just glad I had more then one computer to save on so at least I have some of the early pics remaining at my disposal.

Vert stab

A guy has do do something while waiting for the epoxy to cure so its time to do some more layout work on another assembly while the epoxy cures

Both Fuse on the bench

Here are both fuse halves on the bench, upside down and unjoined anchored t the bench. The bench in all of this was used as a structural jig. With the addition of some small pieces of wood and deck screws (Deck Screws, which should be featured as a modern marvels)

Longeron parts

The longerons have been cut for scarf joints these are the longest pieces of the airframe and the have to be glued together to get them to the required length. The wood is yellow poplar a really nice wood to work with.

I am using West Systems epoxy for all my adhesive needs and the famous Dennis V scarfOmatic cutting Jig to set the scarf cuts

Getting ready for the build All systems are GO!

The fuse sides have been drawn on the bench top surface which will act as the jig to hold the fuse parts as they are set and glued in place

me at the bench

Here I am at the bench the 2 sides of the fuse hanging behind me and getting ready to move on