First engine fitting.

Engine mounted for the first time.  Will test all attachment cables and firewall pass through items for connection to engine.

Wing Root fairings - upper

Began to build wing root fairings for the upper portion of wing.  I was looking for a way to do this that would not take to much time and effort as it would if foam were to be carved for shaping this section.  I used small 4 inch sections of double poster board to form the shape.  This worked well but I will have some filling to do on the upper surface due to stepping of each posterboard section onto the next.

Upper surfaces glassed with two layers of cloth.

Fuel lines at Wing Root.

Fabricated two fuel lines from wing tanks to fuselage where they connect to the fuel valve, filter and fuel flow sensor.

Elevators, Ailerons and Flaps

Built up the ailerons elevators and flaps as per plans.  Fabricated hinges for a Slotted Flaps, no photos.

Installed a servo for the elevator inside of the skin of the elevator.

Instrument Panel - Fabricate fiberglass support structure

Built up the instrument panel from 7 layers of bid fiberglass.

Canopy, Box Spar and Wing construction.

Building the canopy and frame

Scratch building of the wing main "Box" spar.

 

Adding the interior ribs to the wing. The wing is built as any conventional style of wing with interior ribs, all foam parts as well as these ribs have fiberglass on each side of them.

 Below are the forward "D" cells which will house the fuel.  My fuel tanks are running the full length of the leading edge.

Below are the fuel bays all painted with a double coating of fuel tank sealant.

Below the top and bottom skins are starting to be installed.  Each wing skin rests on a "L" shaped flange that runs around the perimeter of each bay, slightly recessed from the surface.  This gives a protrusion of foam mon the outside surface that will be long board sanded down later.

 

Rudder pedals, tail section and turle deck.