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We're building a WagAero "Sport Trainer". They claim it to be an accurate replica of the Piper Cub. |
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Before starting the project we built a jig for the fuselage sides. It's a table 3feet wide and 20 feet long. Painted gray (because that's what we had) |
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We than drew the sides full scale. |
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Monday, 16 March 09 we recieved the fuselage "Kit". Actually it was a box of fittings and a long tube with 4130 tubes in it. |
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We got to work filling the jig with the tubing. Here, Sam and John are grinding "fish mouths" in the tubes. |
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Sam is measuring for the next tube. |
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Monday night, the jig is filled with the first fuselage side. |
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More pipe going into the jig. |
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Janet, John, Sam and Danny after only two days. Both sides already tack welded. |
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Two days into the project, two sides tack welded. |
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THE ONE! The one good tack that John was credited with. |
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Wednesday, 18 Mar 09. 3 days into the project and the fuse is standing up, Bottom and top tacked. |
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Thursday, Seth stops by to make airplane noises. |
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Friday, 20 March 09. Danny starts the long process of finish welding. |
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The end of the day Friday 20 March. |
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Tuesday, 24 March 09. Sam and John start the top of the fuselage. |
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End of the day, 25 March 09. |
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End of the day, 25 March 09. |
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End of the day, 25 March 09. |
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End of the day, 25 March 09. |
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End of the day, 25 March 09. Fuse is tack welded. |
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Wing structure on hold, waiting for bolts. |
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Sizing up the tail feathers |
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Starting the horizontal stabs |
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Danny building a jig for the compression sruts |
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Tacking the compression struts |
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Elevator bell-crank fitting |
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Rigging to get the torque tube installed |
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Heavy duty antenna mount. |
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Sam, grinding the welds on the tail post down a bit |
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End of the day, 16 April 09. One month after starting the project the fuse is essentially done. Waiting on deliverys from WagAero. |
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End of the day 16 April 09. The shop is just about empty while we wait for parts from WagAero. |
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Still, no bolts from WagAero. |
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Parts! We finally got the shipment of parts so construction will resume. |
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Unfortunately, the firewall/cowling was damaged in shipment. Notice the dents are from the inside out. |
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Windows, well one of them anyway. |
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