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Hi to anyone whose interested.

 

I have made a little progress since I posted the last images in the 'Skypup' Photo gallery on this site somewhere, last year. The trailing edge stock has all been planed to a tirangular profile. I used some very nice straight Hoop pine in lieu of Douglas fir. I have also planed down most of the cap strip material 2.5mm from a flitch of imported Orford (?) pine. The remaining eight 1'' Dow foam sheets have been reduced to 3/4" for the ribs and fuselage sides. I used a hot wire mounted in a rigid 3/4 spacer over the bench and pushed each weighted sheet along under it; each cut taking about 25 minutes. The spars for the empanage group have been fabricated. ie. Fin post and LE. Stab LE and spar. Rudder LE. Elevator LEx2.

 

I have also made tree control horns from 2024 t3 Alclad sheet.

 

Having trouble understanding how to load images here. So they will be in the Skypup album.

 

Cheers Dete