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Sport The Kool Kanary (Giant Hot Kanary)

Bipeguy03

150cc
The stab is done. The elevators are finished all but putting in a hard point for a control horn, and I'm holding off on that because I might use a hidden horn with an access hatch (just like the Krier Kraft).

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Bipeguy03

150cc
With the empennage finished, this evening I started framing the fuselage truss. Here is where there will be some deviation from the plan to save some weight.

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Up until this point, I've pretty much followed the plan, but there will be quite a few changes from here out.

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The bottom of the fuse was lowered 1/4" to fit grampa's cowling. I will also be replacing the 1/2" thick ply landing gear plate with a 3/16" ply laminated plate.

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The plans called to inset 1/4" balsa sheet in between the trussing from the firewall to the tail, this was then sheeted with 1/8" balsa. That would basically make the fuse as strong as a baseball bat, but it would also weigh about as much as a brick.

So, I'm just adding diagonal trussing down the tail and eliminating all of the insets aft of the first 2 bays behind the firewall. Then it will be sheeted with 1/8" balsa. This basically eliminates 3-4 sheets of 1/4" balsa sheet and a bunch of glue. That's a couple ounces of weight saved :D
 

Bipeguy03

150cc
Heck in all honesty you could prolly get away with sheeting it with just 1/16" balsa and be just fine. Looking great by the way.

I did think about using 1/16" or possibly 3/32" instead of the 1/8" but I worried about it being a little punky.


The empennage is sheeted in 1/16" and it's right on the verge, if the distances between the trusses were any bigger I don't think I would have been happy with it.
 

Bipeguy03

150cc
1/4" sheet insets are in, and I'm ready to sheet the sides after dinner. Very possibly be boxing the fuse in tonight :)

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From here until the sides are sheeted, I will keep the fuselage sides top to top... I will not build two lefts, I will not build two lefts, I WILL NOT BUILD TWO LEFTS :)

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The insets in the nose.
 

Bipeguy03

150cc
The fuse is boxed up and tonight I sheeted the top rear deck, put the cockpit floor in, and the top forward deck block on

I then glued in the main firewall (F1) Am and then carved the top deck block to shape. Once that was all finished I fit the cowling, which took a little tweaking to F1, but now I'm ready for the landing gear plate and bottom forward deck block.

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stangflyer

I like 'em "BIG"!
The fuse is boxed up and tonight I sheeted the top rear deck, put the cockpit floor in, and the top forward deck block on

I then glued in the main firewall (F1) Am and then carved the top deck block to shape. Once that was all finished I fit the cowling, which took a little tweaking to F1, but now I'm ready for the landing gear plate and bottom forward deck block.

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Pretty darn KOOL!! You're making good progress.
 
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