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Home of the Spodplane
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Date: 4-13-2020
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Number of Hours: 7.90
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Manual Reference: 21-02/03
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Brief Description: Various strake details, and leading edge plotting
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Remarked the inches along the ribs back from WL. 17.4, 3" below, and 12" above. I marked more than that, but they were the marks that were useful.
Using a laser dot projector on my tripod, (thanks Grant), I sight along the index marks on both ribs, leaving about 1/3rd of the dot on each, leaving 1/3 of the dot projected alternately on my leading edge cutting template, (set at 90 degrees to the leading edge), and the fuselage side. This took a while, but was actually much easier than it sounds.
After looking at this, decide the nose section will extend from 3" below WL.17.4 to 5.5" above it. This will overlap the bottom skin by at least an inch, and allow a slightly shorter top skin with less of a bend in it. The nose section will still be easier to tape than the Featherlite version is reported as being.
Picked up a nice stainless steel 6" colander with a fine mesh at a garage sale a while ago, and now cut it in half and remove the rim. I don't see this as being easy to position in the tank, so make a little frame out of 9mm MDF, tape it and nail the mesh to it with tiny brads. This is floxed over the starboard fuel drain, weighted with a brick for cure.
Chucked 120/120ml pour foam into the port strake void.
Squeegeed a second coat of EZpoxy over the port fuel drain, so I can fit the strainer here soonest.
Having a more accurate cutline on the fuselage I marked everything up, installed some hot glue blocks to support the top foam, and did the remaining cut-outs. A bit sad really, as I get anybody who helps me to sign the plane with a sharpie. Trish and Grant had their names cut off the plane today...
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Lasery, lasery... At the 8" mark
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Handy Dandy strainer installer
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Just wanton destruction really
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