The fuselage with corners rounded, NACA intake fabricated and the landing brake removed.
CHAPTER 7 - FUSELAGE EXTERIOR
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| The fuselage with corners rounded, NACA intake fabricated and the landing brake removed. |
The AeroCAD top fits perfectly on the contoured fuselage. |
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| The marker beacon antenna afixed to the fuselage underside with the coax cable in a routed recess. |
The coax cable soldered to the copper foil antenna. | |
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A plastic insert was used instead of duct tape to define and support the landing brake flange. |
A plastic pressure plate ensures a uniform depression for the landing brake flange. |
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| The landing brake is kept flat with a MDF pressure plate. |
The weighted landing brake. |
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| The plastic depression template pops free showing a well defined indentation. |
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| The fully glassed fuselage mounted to a stand using lazy-susan bearings. |
Rotating the fuselage facilitated sanding and glassing the exterior. |
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| I had to check - 0.0° at the rear longerons. |
0.0° at the canard cutout and F-22. |
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| 0.0° at the front longerons. |