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 …
Levelling
I am happy to have a lot of different levelling tools (“Wasserwaagen”). These are my favourites.
Stabilizer Strut
Horizontally the stabilizer has to be level. As you can see, we managed to set the right length of the strut.
Setting the right Angle of Incident
The angle of the horizontal stabilizer has to be 1 degree down. As you can see, we managed this. The electronic level makes it very convenient to measure the …
Mixer Arm Done
After some sanding, here is the final mixer arm, ready for installation.
Fabricating Mixer Arm
The mixer arm has to be fabricated out of a aluminum bar. This is definitely the point where you need a good band saw. Mine is not the best. …
Sanding Control Column
To minimize friction at the control column, I removed the black color. I think pure metal will have less friction in the lexan base than the black coating.
Enlarging Opening in Bearing Base
The delrin blocks in the bearing base were to tight. I had to sand them to allow a good fit of the control column. I used a tube of …
Fan Shirt
This looks like a real fan shirt. In fact it was just by coincidence that Martin bought this shirt. I hope it still fits when he will fly the …
Landing gear finished and installed
Today we finished the landing gear! The final covering will be done later, when painting.
Brake
This picture shows the brakes installed. My kit came with brakes from Matco.
Intermediate Bungees
I used this rope as intermediate bungees. Will be replace before the first start by real bungees.
First own steps
An impressive achievement today: The Rebel is standing on his own legs. Landing gear is installed.
Tire Mounted
Today we did the (hopefully) final mounting of the landing gear. It looks great. Tomorrow the next tire and then the Rebel is ready for the first excurstion outside …
Inspection holes in fuselage bottom
After some consideration, I decided to put inspection holes into the fuselage bottom. Thus the AN5 bolts in the carrythroughs may be accessed from outside. Just in case I …