Rounded the top left side of the fuselage. Started at the aft of the fuselage and worked my way towards the front. Used electric sander, palm sander, and sander blocks DD, CC, BB, and AA made previously.
Glued sandpaper onto wooden template blocks AA, BB, CC, and DD. These will be used to shape the top of both fuselage sides. Located the fuel sight guage locations on both sides of the fuselage. By shining a small light in each corner from the inside of the fuselage it is easy to then identify …
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Identified the four different curvature zones along both fuselage sides. To fabricate the four fuselage curvature templates, I began by making 4 paper templates. The paper templates were traced onto wood and cutout using the bandsaw and then sanded.
Finished sanding the NACA Scoop and fuselage bottom then vacuumed the fuselage. Turned the fuselage right side up on the saw horses with carpet placed between the saw horses and the fuselage bottom. See a short video clip. Cutout the area forward of bulkhead F28 and above Water Line 18.9 for the canard.
For our 2019 Yuri’s Night on April 12th we are very pleased to sponsor an event with the 534 Air Cadets in Peterborough, ON, Canada. We will be introducing Yuri’s night to the cadets and providing an overview of the History of Manned Space Exploration followed by an introduction to model rocketry. After a discussion …
