FAI-F1D
Free Flight Indoorist
Alright, moving on from the rudder linkage thing for a while, let's look at some more progress.
I finished the cockpit decking and it came out fairly nice. Could be a little better, but with some fill around the wing junction it'll look fine. I need to get an instrument panel in there at some point and see about blacking out the cockpit interior. Also the nose is finished and ready for a firewall. You can also see here that I'm almost finished sanding the fuse. Just a few items on the aft fuse and it'll be ready for glassing.
I sanded up a block of balsa for a canopy mold, stuck it in a 2 liter coke bottle, and heat shrunk it over the stove. Came out nicely with just a tiny touch of crazing at the very top. I think that'll end up mostly covered up.
Looks great in place. The rear canopy will just be flat acetate sheet. I'm just loving this overall look.
This, folks, looks like an airplane. A properly fast one. I finally am feeling some real confidence that this bird will be a success and that it'll actually get finished and flown in time.
I finished the cockpit decking and it came out fairly nice. Could be a little better, but with some fill around the wing junction it'll look fine. I need to get an instrument panel in there at some point and see about blacking out the cockpit interior. Also the nose is finished and ready for a firewall. You can also see here that I'm almost finished sanding the fuse. Just a few items on the aft fuse and it'll be ready for glassing.
I sanded up a block of balsa for a canopy mold, stuck it in a 2 liter coke bottle, and heat shrunk it over the stove. Came out nicely with just a tiny touch of crazing at the very top. I think that'll end up mostly covered up.
Looks great in place. The rear canopy will just be flat acetate sheet. I'm just loving this overall look.
This, folks, looks like an airplane. A properly fast one. I finally am feeling some real confidence that this bird will be a success and that it'll actually get finished and flown in time.