Check on things at the hanger

The snow is starting to melt on the hanger roof so I came to see if we
have any leaks.

There was definarly on above this tablesaw. We cleaned the tablesaw
and bandsaw table with a rust remover and then a protectant an covered
them better.

Rib templates

The plans show 5 ribs from the side of the fuselage to the tip, but
the plans only give you 2 rib templates. So, you have to make
templates for the intermediate ribs.

These are printouts of the ribs from my dads cad drawings. They
are ready to cut out and sand to shape to then be used as templates to
make the real ribs.

I can't wait for spring when I can get back to building.

Winterized

I made a tent over the fuselage today so any melting snow from the
hanger that makes it through the roof won't get to the bare wood.
I'm a little concerned about condensation forming on the inside of the
tent so I may add a small fan and an opening at both ends later to
keep air circulating.

Photo Op

It's a big milestone, so it was worth taking the plane out of the hanger and putting together the pieces for a picture.

Here's the fuselage with the front wing spars. The horizontal Stabalizer and the Vertical stabalized are complete as well, but the wind was too high to put them on.

Mounting Front Spars

We mounted the front spars today. What a great feeling to be able to have a tail, and wing spars. It's starting to look like an airplane! 3.7 degrees, or 5" difference between bottom inner and bottom outer spar.

Final Finish on Outer Rear spars

I got my helper, Cali, to help finish the spars

Rear Outer wing spars

Varnished twice and ready to close.