After a long, long break from doing any work on this Stewart S-51 project, today it was time to do something. Things in life have settled down enough that I’m now getting a wee bit more time available to get the airplane projects back underway. The job for today was to at least get the […]
Update: Oct 2018 – Feb 2020
Hello Everyone, I’m still alive and kicking. I apologize for the long break in my blogging, and building updates. I certainly didn’t anticipate for the break to be this long. The good news is, you haven’t missed any building progress, because I haven’t done any building (well, not airplane building). I’ll explain more below. Back […]
Elevator Trim Tab Trimming
This evening was spent trimming the elevator trim tab skin. The skin came formed, however it was too long in both width and length, so lots of trimming is needed. As always, this kind of work is slow and steady but the results are worth it. Previously the trim tab we trimmed and filed down […]
A Little Rudder Work
Today I’m getting back to doing a bit more work on the rudder. In the picture below, you will see one of many new ribs that I made. The parts that have primer are the parts I originally worked with that I didn’t previously screw up. With rib 4200-17 in place, I then added […]