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DAY 15
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| LG plate. Used forstner bits so I could lighten it w/o going all the way through the wood so that the heat from the cans wouldn't be right next to the foam bottom. | .jpg) |
| Lightening the engine box sides | .jpg) |
| Gluing on all support braces while the sides are still flat. |  |
| Engine box clamped and squared while the epoxy dries | .jpg) |
Another pic of the engine box |
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| Wood laid out for the fuse sides |  |
| Sides glued (this goes quickly since carden mass produces the sticks for you) | .jpg) |
| Phenolic retainers installed | .jpg) |
| Plywood anti-rotation hardpoints installed | .jpg) |
| Me making the horizontal pieces to link the fuse sides together with. To make things easy, I have the sander set at the angle on the fuse sides. I also do 2 at a time since there is a top and a bottom so that they come out identical. | .jpg) |
| Counter sunk the hatch bolts | .jpg) |
| Sanding the angle on the fuse sides so the front and back former will fit flush against it | .jpg) |
| Completed fuse sides | .jpg) |
| The duplicate sticks layed out on the plan. You can see the angle/taper on the fuse sides. | .jpg) |
| Glued in the first 3 formers (I drilled holes through them not to lighten, but so I could run wires and such through it easily) | .jpg) |
| Sticks glued in place | .jpg) |
| Rear shot | .jpg) |
| Corners being reinforced | .jpg) |
| Foam laid on top to test fit | .jpg) |
| Foam by landing gear plate |  |