This is a little bit premature, since I'm (still) waiting for wood to arrive from Wicks, but I am making slow progress, and starting to make things that are airplane-part-shaped, so I figured I might as well get it started.
I've been writing journal/blog entries about the process so far, but haven't provided explicit links to them here yet. You can go to this link and see what I've written on the subject (this link will continue to be valid into the future):
http://obairlann.net/reaper/blosxom.cgi/charger
I will also post progress here, with Smizo's build thread as the model (though I can practically guarantee his work will look better than mine
). Journal posts will be intended for a general audience, while this thread will be more technical.
I've been generating some new lists, CAD files, and PDF drawings as I plan the build, and those are posted (or will soon be posted), along with the public-domain plans, here:
http://obairlann.net/reaper/aviation/biplane/charger-plans/
Rib wood should ship Any Day Now<tm>, and the spar order went through mere moments ago (expected in ~6 months). As soon as my order arrives, I'll launch into rib production, starting with the basic -293 ribs (16 required), and branching out to the different rib types as I go.
I've been writing journal/blog entries about the process so far, but haven't provided explicit links to them here yet. You can go to this link and see what I've written on the subject (this link will continue to be valid into the future):
http://obairlann.net/reaper/blosxom.cgi/charger
I will also post progress here, with Smizo's build thread as the model (though I can practically guarantee his work will look better than mine
). Journal posts will be intended for a general audience, while this thread will be more technical.I've been generating some new lists, CAD files, and PDF drawings as I plan the build, and those are posted (or will soon be posted), along with the public-domain plans, here:
http://obairlann.net/reaper/aviation/biplane/charger-plans/
Rib wood should ship Any Day Now<tm>, and the spar order went through mere moments ago (expected in ~6 months). As soon as my order arrives, I'll launch into rib production, starting with the basic -293 ribs (16 required), and branching out to the different rib types as I go.
