Fuel lines are done, firewall flanges are sealed. Ready to start riveting!



That's too kool. Reminds me of the Sterling model airplane kits of old, with the die-crushed balsa parts, though these parts look more like the current model parts that are laser cut. Could you elaborate on on the process of how you did this? Questions I have are what software do they work with, do they need drawings or computer files? costs and where do you find these types of shops? Thanks.Today I picked up the wing ribs, Stab ribs and Rudder ribs (VP1) that a local shop cut for me on a CNC. I feel like I got an airplane model for Christmas.
Another Volksplane Builder put together the DXF files and shared them on the Volksplane builder's group. A local University set up an Entrepreneur Shop space with shared equipment (Maker Spaces) . I approached the CNC instructor, hoping a student that may want to try this and I got lucky that the instructor was excited about making airplane parts, so he did it at his cost.That's too kool. Reminds me of the Sterling model airplane kits of old, with the die-crushed balsa parts, though these parts look more like the current model parts that are laser cut. Could you elaborate on on the process of how you did this? Questions I have are what software do they work with, do they need drawings or computer files? costs and where do you find these types of shops? Thanks.
Because of the intersection of the gear leg and lower fuselage, how likely is it that the "zero AoA" at the middle and bottom of the gear is a few degrees different than at the top of the gear where it meets the fuselage? It would be interesting to see if the ultimate solution is a "twisted" fairing.I built a calibrated airflow vane to show me the true "zero" AoA for my gear leg fairings. I'm going to clamp this device to the leg, fly, film the vane position, then transfer that position to the fuselage, and set the fairings to that same "zero" position
I just spent a week cleaning it, and I'm still hardly halfway done! No doubt when I'm done it won't stay that way for long, anyhowCass, we need to talk about how clean that shop is...it's an affront to the rest of us!