We welcome submissions from our builders and hope to
make this section a very active part of the homebuilder's process. We
would love to fill this page out with representative photos of projects,
through completion, from any or all of the builders of our planes.
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| From the Hall brothers' PL-9 Stork project |
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Press Break |
Wing Spars w/ Flanges |
Spars, Compression Struts
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Horizontal Stabilizer & Elevator Parts
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Vertical Stabilizer & Rudder
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Horizontal Stabilizer & Elevator
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Fitting Leading Edge Skins
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Edge Skins All Clecoed On
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Preparing to Fabricate and Rivet the Slat Skins to the Ribs
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Updates: November, 2003 |
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Leading Edge Slat Ready for the Top Skin |
Completed Leading Edge Slat
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Flaps Mounted to the Wing Trailing Edge
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Wing with Flaps and Ailerons
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"This photo is of my brother and the homemade press brake.
We've mounted it in the shop hydraulic press to get enough pressure
to bend the main wing spar flanges."
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"This is my brother standing near the wing spars with the
flanges which were bent on our homemade press brake."
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"This photo is of the left and right wing spars with compression
struts and some ribs. We were working on the fuel tank area at this
time."
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"This is my horizontal stabilizer in the jig with all of
the elevator parts ready to go together."
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"This is my completed vertical stabilizer and rudder waiting
for fabric covering."
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"Here is the elevator under construction in the jig."
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"This is my completed horizontal stabilizer and elevator
waiting for fabric covering."
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"This shot was taken as we were fitting the leading edge
skins to the ribs. We formed the nose radius in our homemade press
brake and then pulled the skins the rest of the way around the ribs
with straps and clamps."
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"This picture is of the leading edge skins all clecoed on
ready to be removed, deburred, primed and then riveted in place."
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"his shows some of the slat ribs in place as we are preparing
to fabricate and rivet the slat skins to the ribs."
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"This photo is of the leading edge slat ready for the top
skin."
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"This photo is of the completed leading edge slat."
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"This is a picture of the completed flaps mounted to the
wing trailing edge."
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"This view is of the nearly completed aileron on the bench."
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"This is the wing with the flaps and ailerons attached almost
ready for covering."
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