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Finishing the fabric/paint booth.
Note the lower wings stored above.
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We bought a LOT of Poly Brush.
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Covering a rudder.
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Using the iron to shrink the
fabric.
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The 28th and final lower wing is
complete.
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Beginning to lay out the upper
wing.
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The prototype tailwheel is
connected.
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The first taxi test.
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Control cables for the rudder.
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This model shows two possible paint
schemes. At present the group is evenly spit between the tan and the
silver.
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Deburring and polishing the
Volkswagen engine cases.
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Volkswagen engine cases prepared
for painting.
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The first Volkswagon engine case
has been painted Lycoming Grey.
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Cutting 2 inch aluminum bar stock
for engine mount spacers.
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Closeup of the bar stock.
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The firewall with the Diehl
accessory case mounted on temporary wooden spacers. The final spacers
will be solid aluminum - cut to cant the engine 3 degrees down and
three degrees left to offset the P factor from our powerful 52 Hp
Volkswagen engines..
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Checking the engine mount with a
Volkswagen case.
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Bulding an aileron. The Nieuport 11
has ailerons on the upper wings only.
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Notching tubing for the ailerons.
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An upper wing -- with aileron --
and lower wing temporarily mounted on the fuselage.
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Working on the control cable
guides.
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Checking out seat belts and
shoulder harnesses. Notice how TINY the cockpit is. Some of us
oversized pilots believe we should have built 9/8 scale Nieuports
instead of the 7/8 scale.
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Lots of Volkswagen engine parts.
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Internal parts of the Volkswagen
engine.
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Laser cut stainless steel pieces.
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The leftover sheet of stainless
steel after the pieces were laser cut.
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