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| Prepping for the Horizontal Tail test |
We tested the Horizontal Tail surface last weekend. It has a smaller diameter spar than the vertical tail, so we wanted to make sure it could withstand full load of 1.25 * max cruise speed, at maximum angle of attack.
It flexed a bit, but passed the test with flying colors. Now we know that both our tail surfaces are ready for the plane.
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| Connecting the control rods |
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| Another view while connecting the tail surface |
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| Servo control test setup |
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| Servo attached to control horn |
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| Setting the angle of attack limits |
Video of the full-load test from inside the car
Wing Build Continues
We glued the trailing edge onto the Center Wing Section, and continued to build ribs for the Outer wing section, in preparation for that build in a couple of weeks...
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| Filleting the bottom side of the rib/spar junction |
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| Marking the trailing edges to cut out from the sheet of 4 |
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| Gluing the trailing edge in place |
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| Trailing edge in place |
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| Making trailing edge joiner patches |
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| Different sized Mylar sheets for gluing the trailing edge joiner patches |
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| Adding a small amount of epoxy to help the pre-preg patches stick |
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| Patches in place and clamped |
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| Cutting ribs for the tapered part of the wing |
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| Patching a damaged part of 7-rib test section trailing edge |
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| Grant setting up the flight simulator for pilot training |
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