Wing Fairings

Fabricating the wing fairings was a time consuming job. Lots of checking and reshaping. Due to the ballistic recovery system harness at the front wing connection it has to be …

Cotter Pin in Aileron

Inside the ailerons the screws need to be secured via cotter pins. This is really a painful job. The size of the opening is one inch and the nut is …

Flaperons Down

Picture shows the flaperons in the Full Flaps down position. Again I got a deflection in the suggested range from Murphy (15 degrees or 3 inches). Looks really great when …

Flaps Mounted

Flaps have been mounted these days. Now the rebel is in principle ready to fly. Of course some fairings are missing. But before we can do the first flight there …

Torque Tube Connections

Here you can see the connections between the fuselage tube and the torque tube inside the wings. Via this connection the steering commands are transferred into the wings. As nearly …

Aileron Covering

Although the ailerons were the first parts to build, I waited with the covering until now. So it is one of the final steps, but its time to do this. …

Landing Lights fixed

This picture shows the installation of the landing light inside the wing. The lights I used was an inexpensive part (29 Euro). It contains a high power led and provides …

Landing Lights Opening

I was not sure how to install landing lights. My first idea was to put it into the tips. But after some consideration I decided to install it at the …

Epoxy System

The picture shows the epoxy system we used, all from R&G Faserverbundstoffe. Good stuff, probably much better than necessary for the simple, unstructural parts we had to make.

Strobe/Nav/Pos Lights

We acquired Nav/Strobe/Pos Lights from AveoEngineering. Great lights. No additional box required, no shielding of the cables necessary. The seem undestroyable and come with a lifetime warranty.  With the epoxied …

Strobe Fixing Position

To fix the stobe/position/nav lights at the tips we need to do some epoxy work. Resin with micro-ballons worked well. After sanding a nice fixing plate for the lights is …

Wing tip end done

In the end we had a nice wing tip end. Ready for priming and painting. Since we will mount the tips with screws, it is possible to remove them, so …

Peel Off Fabric

Last layer of the fibre glass work is a special peel off fabric. It gives a nice finish and prevents from sanding the otherwise waxy surface.  

Epoxying Wing Tip End

The lower end of the wing tip needs to be trimmed and glued together with epoxy resin. First picture shows the unglued end with a wooden stick inserted to get …

Wing Tip

  Wing Tip is installed on right wing. The quality of the wing tip is much better compared to the rudder/elevator tips. Not much to rework. Only modifications I have …

Crane Lifting Wing

  The crane was very helpful putting the wing into the right position. He is lifting very slowly and so it much easier to align the 1 degree dihedral.  

Left Strut Cut

The left strut is cut and put in place. I am happy that everything is in the right length. Doing an error here would be bad. Getting another strut would …

Right Wing Mounted

  The right wing is mounted. The right side was much easier, perfect fit. The holes where all aligned. So from the right to the left wing tip I have …

Setting Dihedral

  The wings need to have 1 degree dihedral. My electronic level again helped a lot. Everything is perfectly in place now, the strut comes next.      

Mounting Left Wing

  Today I started mounting the wings. Left wing was first. I constructed two scaffolds, where we put the wing on. The crane was used as safety measure. I knew …

Wings done

An important milestone is reached! Both wings are finalized and waiting in the wingstand for future installation. You can see plastic tubes (normally used by electricians) in the middle of …