Bugatti 100P building Third step: Tail and finishing The mobile part is made of a 30/10 board glued to a 100/10 leading edge. Ribs stiffen it all. Balsa blocks allow you to fit the pencil hinges.The leading edge of the moving part must be notched in order to offset the axis of rotation in the middle of the leading edge. This indentation allows the hinge to move freely.It gives that.Check that everything is fine before formworking the tail.Installation of the formwork. It should be noted in this blurred photo, that the formwork protrudes 3 mm from the side of the joint in order to hide the slot.And in the end it looks like this: o))Detail of a mounted hinge. Note that the hinge is not fully depressed. Otherwise we would not see anything since the slot is almost invisible: o)First cross: Nice with his long nose.The formwork of the fuselage (not developable) starts from the top.Acupuncture session. Do not forget to let the balsa soak well to make it take a nice curve …Draft of the realization of the karmans. A bad time to pass: o)The empennage with the under-rudder.Overview … I never tire of it: o)Cockpit painting. The choice is not mine, the real one was red. The engine, AXI 2826 is very small.With such a canopy, we will have to populate the cockpit a littleThe continuation of the karmans … It is necessary to make as with the fuselage, to stick stringer of 8×2 by wetting those which are very constrained.Sticking the stringer from another angleThe biggest karman is finished … phew: o)I present the only pilot crazy enough to risk the first flights. I found 2 euros in empty granaries this winter. I had to have hard negotiations with local young people: o)The test pilot was operated on urgently, he lost almost 200 gr. Well it’s true it will have consequences, especially in terms of muscle mass: o)The pilot in place after his weight loss program. It finally looks great. The original garment was a firefighter costume to which I unstitched the fluorescent bands.It remains to finish the underside of the wing, refine the sanding, cut the ailerons, mount the controls and adjust the radio before covering. It will soon be all good, but before … always the KarmansA little more sanding and it will be good.Overview to make it fun.The other way around now.Finishing of the ailerons and then covering…..A few hours later we get that … Pages: 1 2 3