Monday, November 19, 2007

Slow going...

A variety of delays have kept us from proceeding with the project as fast as I'd like. Last class had me away (again!), but prior to that, a couple of gentlemen did a bit more work on the fuselage -- the firewall (even though the "engine" is a rubber band), and a few more bulkheads were put in place. Just the landing gear remain prior to covering. I'm reminded that 20 years ago, I found that balsa model glue does not work so well on metal... so I'll bring along some 5-minute epoxy from home, to glue the wire struts to the landing gear struts to keep them in place. These things are tail-heavy by nature, so a bit of extra weight ahead of the C of G shouldn't hurt -- the epoxy will be heavier than the balsa glue...

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