A front support in the
manner of the plan was incorporated but a 1/16 length of music wire was
doubled to give
more bearing area for the rubber bands and
to allow a screw to be inserted into the upper cabin frame laminations.
A
length of brass sheet was soldered to the lower end of the wires, then
drilled for a screw which retains the wire on the front side of F1.
I made an
ugly mess routing the
wires through and fitting them. That was
fixed by laminating some 1/16 balsa underneath and filling in the top,
sanding to match.
1/16
plywood was faired in behind F5 to hold a 3/16 carbon fiber tube for
the rear rubber band attachment. Trying to use the wire method back here
will
complicate running the control components. An option would be
to face
the upper part of F5 with 1/64 ply to tie it to the side 1/4 balsa
longerons.
The
rubber bands pull down pretty hard and it may be wise to reinforce the
wing trailing edge in this area. The free flight plans showed
aluminum wrapped around
the trailing edge.
The hinge and
control horn parts. The horn and the
upper hinge are made from G10/FR4 circuit board material, the hinge
pins are .030 or so.
The lower
music wire pin is CA-d into
the rudder. The upper hinge pin was inserted after covering
and a drop of Titebond III locks it in.
The control
horn was
not installed until after covering using thin CA.
Test assembly before
covering.
Carbon fiber rod was used for the outer elevator hinges. A
T-pin was pushed through concentric with the center of the
radius of
the leading edge to locate the holes to drill. The rod is
.075/2mm. The rod was not installed until after covering.