I figured I'd start a new thread to document my progress with the Minicoupe. As I mentioned in another thread, I'm not sure I'll ever fully build this plane. I'm more just dipping my toes in the water to see what it's like to build an aluminum plane from plans. Along the way, I hope to exercise some of my engineering knowledge (or lack thereof) to test and verify the structure.
As my first step, I'm going to try building a short section (1 ft long)of the wing. I had a coworker cut a template of the ribs from some MDF (see below).
I have some aluminum waiting at a relative's house and over Thanksgiving we're going to try bending it over the template. Hopefully I'll have more to report by 11/28.
As my first step, I'm going to try building a short section (1 ft long)of the wing. I had a coworker cut a template of the ribs from some MDF (see below).
I have some aluminum waiting at a relative's house and over Thanksgiving we're going to try bending it over the template. Hopefully I'll have more to report by 11/28.