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CCRCS past President and AMA member

Well it has been a few weeks since my last update, so I thought it was time to catch you up. I have built both parts of the wing. It is a basic wing construction with the exception of the wing tube.  It took a little adjusting to make sure that I ended up with both wing half's joining together with the wing tube fully inserted and the center joint sealed. After I got it all lined up, the wing was sheeted and had all the cap strips added. I also have made the sheeting to go around each of the aileron servos exits.
The next step was the piece of lumber they used for the wing tips. It is a huge block of ban boltslsa that I traced the outline of the wing on and then rough cut it with the band saw. I then glued it on and broke out my Master Air Screw wood plane to finish shaping it. After lots of elbow action it was shaped. I then put the wing mounting plate and block into the fusealage. More shaping needed here as well on the balsa block that is used to fill the void between the wing and the bolt plate, I then put the wings half's together and got the wing lined up on the fusealage and drilled the dowel plates and the wing mounting bolts which are 1/4 nylon
Once I had all the holes drilled and the bolt plate tapped,  I installed the bolt plates on the wing and put it all together. It is really looking like a plane now and I am really glad the the wing is a 2 piece as it is hard to move it around when it is together. I built one aileron and this was a bit tricky .. They have you built it flat on the plans and the remove it to fit into the wing. It is built with a balsa bottom and then I added some ribs to shape it. You then sheet the top for a solid aileron. The issue is when you go to sand the trailing edge, the one side has an angle built into it as it was built flat on the table. It takes some keen sanding to get both the top and the bottom edges at the same angle. I was lucky on the first one, hopefully my luck will hold out on the second.
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