Recent Attachments for The Hodge

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Lower corners shaped to follow the firewall to fuse side transition.
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Free from the Jig.
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Top Sheeting flush sanded.
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Trial fitting the sheeting.
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Tray in. Supported with some Spruce tri stock.
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9791248.pdf
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Fuel Vent between he cans, Nice and Neat Outlets shorted about 20mm.
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Looing Sexy :)
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Engine Mount
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Engine Mount
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JMB Can Mount
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Can Vent panel
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Tank Tray
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Forgot to pre drill the rudder servos holes :( This will make for fun im sure :( Spruce Former sticks in place, Make this nice and Rigid
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Fuel tank Tray Few minor changes to make.
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2x100x550 Per side for the sides of the fuse area.
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4x 100x250 3mm Balsa edge glued for the Top of the Firewall to cab Area
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Diagonal fuse bracing, This run to the tail of the fuse, and the Same for top and bottoms as well.
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Test fitting the fin after Trimming back the Tail post and longeron over hang, Lower tail plate also glued in place.
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Fin mount attached. This has to be shorted by about 3mm @ the font as was too long.
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5x5mm Basa trimmed and Sanded flush.
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Balsa stinger pinned.
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The Front Panel Poplar part pinned and Glued, The plans show a 5mmx5mm stick, But there is actually not one ins the whole kits via the parts list. So i had some off cut balsa stock that i cut to the right diameter. - Once dry will trim
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Wing Joiners to 8mm Balsa Stringers.
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Top 8x8mm Balsa Stringers in place, These give a really nice signature decathlon contour. + The lower 5x10mm pine clamped
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Wing Joiners clamped and Glued.
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5x10mm Pine Stripes now in place from the Firewall to F5 - These run under the poplar Side Stringers.
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Adding some reinforce the for the servo screws
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Ally tube made a straight line easy.
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Can see the difference between where the stringers say the post is and the fuse jig
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Next set of parts ready to have tabs removed
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Moved post back about 3mm to solve the issue of the incorrect milled location.
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Formers CA'ed to the Jig
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Top contour Strips trial fitted, Look good to me.
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Perfect :)
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and the Second one.
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First Stringer in place
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Tail post, Again check with Square and CA in place.
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Nice and Straight!
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And this is all the parts for the fuse. -Beech wood Dowels -Basa Stick -Pine Stick -Sheeting -Cap striping
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Set it up with squares while it drys.
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Yak54.pdf
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Landing gear holes drilled.
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Test fitting Cans, JMBS are on route but the DLEs works for testing.
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Lower Formers now glued
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Can Tunnel opening made.
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With the New Spinner.
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Finalized Placement and Updated Mounting Design
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Draft Version test.
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Draft Version, Needs some cleaning up and tweaking.
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Finalized Placement.
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Kit one on the Left, new one on the right.
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The robart jig makes lite work.
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Other side ready for stick work.
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Un pinned and excess sanded off.
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Pin city! At this point the pins go into the work top and keep the parts flat while they dry.
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Nice easy to read plan :)
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So we are stating with the Fin and Rudd first.
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6x12mm Balsa, 2.5x15mm Balsa (laminations) ,6x6mm Balsa & 6x12 Pine
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2/56 Linsk, Golden Rod Yellow in and Blue sleeve with a bit of epoxy in side. Nice and Light plus absorbs vibes.
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On.
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Off
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Here is the sheets that make up the tail plane
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Front Left to right, The Wings wood pack, Fuse Pack, Tails Plane pack, Balsa Laminations pack ,Wing Struts and the Mighty 40mm Strongal wing Tube!
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Root End ready for sheeting.
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Rear Spar webs
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MTW EBD
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This is what if left once you remove all the parts, Plans and packing. A Box of wood :) Very nice mostly cnc milled wood :)
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Pre drilled windscreen.
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Around 3 Degrees of Right thurst
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Dashboard
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This is how it comes :)

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