Practice Welding

Looks like I have a long way to go. Welding is not as easy as it looks, but is pretty fun. Dad will probably tack the first side of the fuse and maybe I will have practice enough to tack the back.

Meco Midget Torch

We started in on tac welding the fuse frame side and ran into problems with our torch. It was doing a lot of popping. This gave me an excuse for buying this neat little torch from TM Tech. I bought the kit that came with the video of Earl & Kent White welding a 4130 fuse and parts. I have watched about half of the video so far. It has some good info. I would recomend it.

Front spar opening

If you look at the front spar plug you will see that this will not work. There is no room for glue in the joint. I figured this out as I was putting the test rib together. I will later remove some material in the corners so that the rib will not glue itself to the jig.

Flap & Aileron Spar

Starting of a Rib Jig