Way to go Korale. I built in the same sequence that you are and it took awhile, so store the completed rips in a safe place before moving on .Flat and not too hot or to cold and good air circulation . Some times we get unavoidable drawn away from the project and it is amazing how fast time can slip away.  

Finished the first end rib , in this case a root rib.

had to do some traveling for work so missed out on building for a bit.

The plans only call for the root ribs to have the weight saving cut out but I notice that some builders have the cut outs on the tip ribs as well, I suppose that's a couple of extra grams of weight saved.

Pile of rough-cut rib noses and a little time later, trimmed to shape on the router.

Can you show the opposite side also?  Thanks



KK

Here is the other side

Thanks for the picture.

Guess next step would be to add the aileron nose ribs.

Any idea if the hole for the hinge bolt is drilled seperately in each aileron rib or are the three ribs drilled together clamped ?


KK

Hi All,

I'm back.

The Himax took a back seat to a couple of things but I've been getting back to working on it again.

I'm almost ready to glue up the horizontal tail.

It is good too see you are back at the construction of your airplane. I hope that the new year treats you well.

I made a mistake and would like some insight oh how to fix it.

The RS10 piece at the tips of the tailplane has slipped while the glue was drying and is no longer at 90 degrees to the spine and not sitting completely within the ply gusset.  

can I leave it like this or should I remove it and re-glue another RS10 piece?

I think I should remove this and reglue.

thoughts ?

seems that you can only attach one picture , here is the other side.

Howdy there, another melbournian here as well, just starting the build on a tandem airbike!

Cheers
Alex

I really don't think it will hurt anything but peace of mind is always best. Would do no harm to reglue it.

The red marked area has the front tail mount bolts.If you can adjust them and can live with a crooked tail I think it should be ok.Looks like your attention is wandering.Not good.

Quoted from mullacharjak

The red marked area has the front tail mount bolts.If you can adjust them and can live with a crooked tail I think it should be ok.Looks like your attention is wandering.Not good.

Yeap. mullacharjak is right. The forward tail mount bolt goes straight through the middle of that cross member. I would have to redo it if it were me, but I'm a perfectionist and it would bug the hell outta me.  . Are you drawing out your layout and using blocks fastened down to hold every thing in place while the glue set, or are you just freestyling it?

Here is an example:

I did draw the layout and use Blocks. But something must have slipped, maybe a clamp got nudged and I did not see it.

Lesson learnt, I have the heat gun out, and am working the piece out.

Dear Korale,

I have always found that it is best to work to the highest standard you can at every step correcting little things which you know you can improve, just as you are now.  If you've done that, when you're done with the project it will look pretty perfect.  All the little imperfections which were beyond your ability to correct, will appear to have disappeared, once you stop focusing on every microscopic detail.  I built a rudder several years ago which had to have a very subtle curvature.  When it was done I agonized over the little parts of the curve that I thought should be improved.  In a few months I couldn't find what had bothered me and many people complemented me on its beauty.

The point to me about being sure you've done the best you can at each step is not just that when complete it will look much more perfect than you thought would.  The other thing to remember is that if you don't do each stage to the very best you can you'll be saying, "Well, now it isn't perfect so I might as well let a few other things go."  If you go that route you will never be happy after the project is complete.  You will never have that feeling that you have ultimately done better than you thought you could.

Just thoughts from an old man.

Tom

Hi Tom.

That's good Philosophy to build to. I want this to be as good as I can build it, and in this case I know that I can do better.

Horizontal tail complete.

Nice work. Looks real good. How much does it weigh?

Good job.Looks square now. Whats next?

I weighed it, 3.2 Kg

next is the rest of the tail feathers.

I'm back building.

On to the spars next, built a nice long table and leveled it.

Good to see you are back working on your airplane.

Looks like we are at the exact same point in our builds!  Everything looks great do far, keep it up!

It feels good to be building again.

Almost finished cutting the wood for one spar. one more piece and a couple of more jigging blocks and I can start gluing.  

Great! Keep going!

Good for you man! Another scratch builder!
You’re doing it the right way, don’t look too far ahead and focus on fully understanding the next task.

The two 'ladders' for the front spars are done.
I found that I don't have suitable brushes and ran out of packing tape, now that the lockdown is over I can run down to Bunnings tomorrow and get what I need to glue the spar webs.

Looking good mate. During our limited lockdown here in WA Bunnings was classed as an essential shop so it was open and busy throughout . Crazy times

Thanks Mick,

Bunnings was open for online orders but I did not want to bother when I just had to wait a day. It was too hot to epoxy any way.

Finished the two front spars, quite happy with one but not too happy with how the other turned out. I'll take a closer look at it and decide if I'll keep it or build replacement.

picture of one finished spar with me for scale.