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The Noon Patrol logo. Here's a
closeup of it on a shirt.
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The Official Noon Patrol hat. Not
available to the general public (unless, of course, we can make a
profit).
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Building an elevator.
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Elevator waiting for the next
step.
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The tube notcher at work.
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Precise fitted tubing joints is a
result of using the tube notcher carefully.
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Oval aluminum tubing for 14
airframes.
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Riveting together the horizontal
stab.
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Riveting together the rudder.
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John O. in front of the camera
instead of behind it.
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Inserting a dowel into the
horizontal stab tuning.
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Preparing to start making a lot of
shorter pieces from this aluminum tubing.
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A chop saw with a carbide blade is
ideal for cutting aluminum tubing. |
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Some of the pieces of aluminum
tubing cut to rough size.
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Lots of short pieces of aluminum
tubing prepared for the fuselage.
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The manner we ended up using to
bend fueslage tubing.
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EAA chapter 292 member and master
woodworker Curt shows a protype rudder bar.
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There's always a lot of deburring
to do. Note that the wheel on the bench grinder is almost used up.
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Using the belt sander to deburr
some gusset plates.
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A group of gusset plates, ready to
be used on the fuselage.
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Mounting the elevator horn.
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We don't actually work every
minute at the Noon Patrol builders sessions.
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A prototype that was considered
and abandoned. |
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Planning the fuselage side jig.
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