Waiex #197
Empenage #2 (Stabilators)
Total build time: 31 hours. After verifying fitment and shape of the stabilators, I began the up-drilling process. First up is the hockey sticks to the front spar. The silver clecoes are in pilot holes (3/32″), and the copper clecoes are in the up-drilled holes (1/8″.) Then comes the deburring process. I’m pretty sure … Continue reading
Empennage #1
Total build time: 16 hours. Empennage I decided to build the rear stabilators first. I gathered and laid out some of the necessary parts, cut and finished some angle components from aluminum extrusion. I then made the necessary bends in the “hockey sticks”, which are the strengtheners and attach points for the front spars … Continue reading
Unpacking.
Here are some pictures of what was inside some of the boxes: The motor mount and various other welded components. 10,000 pop rivets. 100 pages of 2ft x 4ft cad drawing blueprints, aluminum angle and channel material, and much more. Here is a picture from the Sonex website illustrating what … Continue reading
My Workshop
My home has a large, full-sized unfinished basement. The central room of this basement will be my workshop, and I can use adjacent rooms for storage. There is walkout doorway to my back yard that currently has a swinging door and a glass door panel. This doorway will eventually be converted into a french door … Continue reading
Delivery
Waiex #197 was delivered to my home on November 18th, 2013. Yes, that’s right, I was so excited that I was standing in my yard with my camera ready waiting for the delivery truck to come rolling down my street. The entire airframe kit was loaded in a truck on a 4×10 foot … Continue reading