Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% PA-28 Cherokee Build

[TonyHallo]

The leading and trailing edge sheets are installed and the 1/4" underlayment is glued on the left wing, the right side is a little behind. Might get it glued in place tonight. My wife is having eye surgery tomorrow so will not be able to cut the top airfoil until she is seeing better, maybe Wednesday. I'll be out of pocket tomorrow and the following day at any rate. The wing looks a lot bigger than the original Cherokee, it was 100" span, this one is 108". 2052 square inches.

 

[Stevendavis]

The wing looks interesting, but the shop pic had me at hello!

 

[TonyHallo]

Got the right wing ready to cut. Next step is to make the templates, been milling over wing washout, thinking 2 to 3 degrees. Discovered that the hershey bar wings did not have any washout while the tapered wing Cherokee 180 has 3 degrees. Any thoughts out there?

 

[TonyHallo]

Found this article online and decided to go with no wash out. I can change the wing tips in the future if needed. The plane I am modeling has the stock rounded wing tips show below. The second photo has Hoerner tips installed. I plan to make fiberglass tips so it will not be a big deal to replace them if needed.

 

[TonyHallo]

Well my helper is back on her feet this morning so we cut some foam. I had the templates all ready to go so away we went, the actual cutting got all of 3 minutes or so.

 

[TonyHallo]

The slots for the spars are cut with the aide of templates as well, the spars are glued in with Titebond II and the top section is returned and weighted in place while the glue dries. Onto the left wing. Once the left wing is cut it will be time to edge glue sheeting for the edges.

 

[TonyHallo]

Got the left spar slots cut and edge glued the sheeting. The sheeting dried quickly so was able to block sand with 220, cut and fit for right wing. The sheeting is glued on with Titebond II except for the leading edge foam where Gorilla Glue is used. The leading edge sheeting is misted with ammonia and the top is returned and weighted into position. The leading edge is clamped to the spar while the trailing edge sheet relies on the weight alone. Running out of weight, had to use vises and parts from the lathe! Heading out for follow up appointment this afternoon, hope to get the left wing sheeting on this evening and install the outer cap strips.

 

[WMcNabb]

Simply awesome!
Really enjoying this thread. Thanks for sharing your build with us.

 

[dhal22]

Simply awesome!
Really enjoying this thread. Thanks for sharing your build with us.

Exactly.

 

[Stevendavis]

Looks good. Are you planning on wing lights?