Aileron Stop
To make sure I do not have interference with the rudder cables, I finally painted and installed the aileron controls. One detail of this are the very simple but …
Roomy Fuselage
As you can see in this picture there is plenty of room in the fuselage. Staying overnight should be no problem. It takes a strong will not to make a …
Installing Rudder Cables
Finding the best way through the fuselage for the rudder cables is a time consuming job. Lots of climbing in and out into the fuselage. I found this installation keeps …
Color Coding Push Pull Tubes
To make sure the P/P tubes are not interchanged, I color coded the mixer, th P/P tubes and the control horns. Thus you must be really dreaming if you misinstall …
Hanger Gussets
The newest manual requested for gusset on the hanger. I was not sure how to make them, but I’m happy with the result. In addition to the gussets I put …
Moving back
After fabricating the struts and the hanger, it is time to move back. It is a lot more convenient to be able to work in the home garage. This trailer …
Fairing Boxes
After the wings were mounted, I could measure the distance for the fairing boxes. These boxes are fabricated by the builder himself out of 0.020 aluminum.
Mixer Detail
Mixer mounted on the mixer arm. I decided to mount the mixer after the teleflex cable moun (as stated in the new version of the manual). It gives more clearance …
Torque tube detail
Detailed picture of the torque tube with push-pull tubes connected. I managed to temporarily install all this without removing the wings. Final installation will need wings removed.
Push Pull Tubes constructed
The Push-Pull tubes have been constructed today. As mentioned by other builders on the list the length (tube only) is 26 1/2 and 26 3/4 for my rebel. All the …
Torque Tube with hanger
Today I partially mounted the torque tube, this is more time consuming than estimated.Working over head leaning backwards is hard, espacially when the temperatures are more than 35 degree Celsius …
Both wings mounted
This is one of the important steps of the building process: Both wings are installed. Struts are mounted and hold the wings by itself. Now you can see, it’s gonna …
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 …
Detail of back fittings
A detail of the back fitting. One 1/4 bolt which holds everything together.
Detail of left front wing fitting
These pictures show the front wing fitting in detail. As you can see in the second picture, there is a gap between the fittings and the fuselage attach points. …
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 …
I love these Drill Presses
Today I first used one of these ancient drill presses. These are wonderful. Absolutely precise, no moving of parts like in my new one. You only need to take care …
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 …
Workshop with crane
Also I have a crane in the new workshop. This is a versatile tool. Movable electrical in all directions all over the workshop. It can lift up to 1000 kg. …
Fully Equipped New Workshop
My new building location is a former mechanical engeneering workshop. Full of old tools. Sometimes you feel like in a museum. I now have 5 turning lathes available. All of …
Moving wings
Also the wings have to be moved. I used a former lumber trailer. It took both wings perfectly. The transport itself was not problem. Wings arrived without damage. …
Moving Airplane
Our building starts into a new phase. To be able to mount the wings, we had to move the airplane. The wings wouldn’t fit into our garage, so we moved …
Fresh Air
Today we moved out the Fuselage. This is the first time the Rebel can see the sky. It looks good in the shiny sun.
Push-Pull Exit with Fairing
I did the fuselage exit hole for the elevator push pull tubes this weekend. This was a tedious work. Filing and filing the hole until I get the …
Stabilizer Stab Detail
This is the first (and probably only) time where normal rivets are used on the Rebel. It was really fun to hammer these down. But nevertheless I am …
Tapping Right Column Mount
A proposed by experienced builders on the murphy builder list, we tapped the holes into the fuselage bottom. AN3 screws will replace the rivets. In this way I can …
Mixer Arm Frame
This is the place, where the mixer arm will be installed to. I decided to put the green aluminum onto the side. Not required but seems good for the …
Both Horizontal Stabs Installed
This sunday we could do some nice steps. The horizontal stabs are at least temporarily installed. I am happy with the result. It all fitted quite well, only a …