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  1. Piet Fil
    Test of Vert Stab and rudder alignment. Decided to fit a small wood wedge to build up the top of the vert stab so the ngle of the rudder aligns.
  2. Piet Fil
    Glued and jigged awaiting gussets and capstrip
  3. Piet Fil
    Elevator, One done , one to go
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    Elevator 1 in the jig
  5. Piet Fil
    Gives an idea of the size (90" long x 18" wide). Also not quite finished needs edges rounded off
  6. Piet Fil
    nutplates epoxied onto beams
  7. Piet Fil
    Nutplates fitted for eyebolts
  8. Piet Fil
    Test fit of eyebolt hinges
  9. Piet Fil
    Reinforcement plate glued into beam
  10. Piet Fil
    Beam rebated for reinforcement plate
  11. Piet Fil
    jig made to rebate beams for ply reinforcement plates
  12. Piet Fil
    Leading edge beams showing cross section and lamination line. Some people just machine the profile out of a solid piece of spruce, laminating is meant
  13. Piet Fil
    Straight edge screwed to bench and leading edge beams laminated against it.
  14. Piet Fil
    Construction bench built from modified EAA Chapter plans. One is big enough for the Empennage construction, I'll need to build another to do fuselage
  15. Piet Fil
    Here is my new trailer load of spruce that has a strong desire to become a pietenpol. These are the 8-10 foot lengths, 2 inch thick and up to 10 inche
  16. Piet Fil
    This is a nose cut ready for final sanding. I'm happy with it :-)
  17. Piet Fil
    Decide against using my drop saw to cut the Rib nose andgle due to risk of 'tear out'. So made this jig and saw guide for hand cutting the nose
  18. Piet Fil
    Put a flush trimming bit in the Router Table and trimmed all 32 Ribs this arvo. Now I just have to hand sand them all.
  19. Piet Fil
    Made the two inboard aileron caps using the tail end of the jig. The single gusset on the fwd end (just under the pencil on the top cap) is just to st
  20. Piet Fil
    A comparitive shot of the three different types of ribs that make up the wing. normal rib at the top, Wing tip rib in the middle and a Wing Root rib a
  21. Piet Fil
    This shot shows the extra blocking required around the aileron quick connect gusset. The large block in the centre is White Ash with tapered spruce bl
  22. Piet Fil
    the last four Ribs (29-32) have a full ply cover on one side. The cut outs are where the aileron quick connect units sit.
  23. Piet Fil
    Ribs 27 and 28 are the wing tip ribs and have extra vertical struts. This shot was taken just prior to glueing the back gussets in place (note gussets
  24. Piet Fil
    Plastic shot glasses are a perfect size for mixing small amounts of glue. The sticks are coffee stirers, just like thin long flexible paddle pop stick
  25. Piet Fil
    The collection of Ribs keeps growing. 9 complete, No 10 for back gussets and No 11 in the jig ......... 21 to go!
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