IMAC Carden Pro 124 Build, My Dream Plane

[ROLLERMAN]

My next step is to glue together four pieces of 1/8 balsa for the outside skin.

 

[ROLLERMAN]

I manage to get a little work done on it last night. I glued on the 1/8 balsa sheet and trimmed it flushed with the top and bottom longerons. I like this kind of work on the kit, not too much to think about. I used tape to hold the two pieces together flipped it over and use thin CA, the side where I applied the glue will go to the inside. You will see where I marked one of the vertical trusses, this is where I will butt join the two sheets together.

 

[mndless]

Making good progress ! Looks great !

 

[pawnshopmike]

Making good progress ! Looks great !

+1

 

[ROLLERMAN]

Both fuse sides have been sheeted and I’ve located and glued in the hard points for the rudder servo. I used epoxy on this area. I used the socket tube to mark the 1/8inch sheet from the inside, marked it with a red sharpie and used my Dremel with a flat wheel to open it up.

 

[IMAC FANATIC]

Subd'
Always late to the party !

 

[JBenson]

Hey Rollerman, what did you use for the hard points for the rudder servos?

 

[ROLLERMAN]

Hello Jason, sorry I didnt see this during the weekend, The plans call for Bass Wood, 1/2 by 1/4 the height you have to cut yourself. I may have forgotten to take pics of that.

I'll be posting soon what I got done this weekend.

 

[ROLLERMAN]

So now that I have both fuse sides done, it’s time to locate the engine box over the plans and locate the sides just as I did to locate the wing tube and the stab tube sockets, but prior to that, I picked three points on the plans and I cut three cross braces and shaped the angle using the belt sander. I used the tool I made earlier to find the angle on the fuse LE. I matched that angle on the disc sander, it is a perfect fit.

I used tape to hold the two pieces together while sanding the angle; this made both braces exactly the same length.

 

[ROLLERMAN]

Once I has happy with the location of the fuse and after rechecking the wing tube location, I glued in formers F2,F3,F4 and F5 on the right side looking from the front. You will see I have two squares clamped down together on the left; this is to keep the engine box from moving while applying pressure to the side being glued.