Some final pics of the aileron and wing together, now the fun begins, stitching…
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Left Wing and Aileron
Posted in Ailerons, Bottom Wing, Covering, Stewart System, Super Stinker X with tags Biplane, Lower Wings, S-1-11, Stewart System, Super Stinker on August 29, 2016 by mars58 First Wing Skinned!
Posted in Bottom Wing, Covering, Stewart System, Super Stinker X with tags Biplane, Home Built, Lower Wings, Pitts Special, S-1-11, Stewart System, Super Stinker on August 27, 2016 by mars58Well, the top layer went on nicely, put the initial shrink on it to 250 degrees, cove looks good so far. Feels pretty good to see this wing shaping up. Next, I will wrap the aileron and if my clearances are good then it’s time for a stitching party! 🙂
Finally Covering a Wing
Posted in Bottom Wing, Covering, Stewarts System, Super Stinker X with tags Lower Wings, Pitts Special, S-1-11, Stewart System, Super Stinker on August 25, 2016 by mars58Well, it’s been a while, most of the summer, but I have finally gotten back to making some progress. Here are some pics of the first skin (bottom) of the lower left wing covering process. Tomorrow I finish the glue up and shrink, then apply the top fabric.
Lower Wing Aileron Coves
Posted in Bottom Wing, Super Stinker X with tags Aileron Cove, Airplane, Biplane, Lower Wings, Pitts Special, S-1-11, Super Stinker on October 17, 2014 by mars58I’ve been working on the lower wing aileron coves. I decided to go with wood coves instead of aluminum. It’s been a lot of detail work sanding out the correct radius and getting the correct clearances that will allow for paint and covering. Here are a few pics. The first is the drawing for the aluminum coves. Main takeaway is the 2.38 radius and the 1.77 height of the top and bottom of the cove.
Cove and Aileron Dimensions
Control System, Final Details
Posted in Ailerons, control system, Super Stinker X with tags Biplane, Control System, Pitts Special, S-1-11, Slave Struts, Super Stinker, Top Wing on July 18, 2014 by mars58Sorry for lack of action on the blog, here is some catch up from May…
The last part of the control system has been the Slave Struts. The S-1-11 has Four ailerons. The stick is moved left and right, pushing and pulling tubes, through idlers and bell cranks in the lower wings which move the lower ailerons. The lower ailerons have arms that come off of the front of the aileron spars that connect to the Slave Struts which connect to the top wing’s ailerons via, you guessed it, arms that come off the front of the top aileron spars. So when the lower ailerons move they move the upper ailerons. One critical part of this besides lining it all up correctly was to get the slave struts lined up behind the I struts.
The slave struts start life as a piece of streamlined tubing, round tube and some flat steel. At the bottom of the strut is a Rod End bearing. The streamlined tubing is notched to allow the smaller tubing to be welded into it then threaded to receive the rod end. The streamlined tubing is then cut at an angle on the front and back for clearance. This will bolt to the lower aileron arm.
At the top of the strut is a fork. The flat steel is bent into a fork, a U shape that is welded to the top of the streamlined tubing. The fork is what the bearing in the top aileron arm will fit between. A bolt will go through the fork and bearing connecting them. Before welding the fork I used a dremel and sanding drums to sculpt the top of the streamline tubing, meticulous and tedious but it allowed me to get the strut exactly where I wanted it.
Once the struts were welded I finally had a complete control system. The next step was to expand the clearance around the struts and aileron hinges by removing bits of the aileron skin until I had good clearance.
Lower end of Slave Strut
Lower End of Slave Strut
Lower End of Slave Strut
Lower End of Slave Strut
Bottom of Slave Strut Connected to Lower Aileron
Sculpting Top of Slave Strut
Sculpting Top of Slave Strut
Sculpting Top of Slave Strut
Top of Slave Strut Welded
Top of Slave Strut Welded
Very Excited to Join the Whirl Wind Aviation Family
Posted in Cowling, Fuselage, Super Stinker X, Whirl Wind Aviation with tags Airplane, Biplane, cowling, Fuselage, Home Built, Pitts Special, S-1-11, Super Stinker, Whirl Wind Aviation on November 17, 2013 by mars58I want to thank Tonya and everyone at Whirl Wind Aviation for my beautiful prop. Great people to work with and very sexy looking prop. I can’t wait to fly it. And it looks great on the 1-11.
Pictures don’t do it justice, but here are a few.
Bit by Bit
Posted in Ailerons, Cowling, Cowling, Super Stinker X, Top Wing with tags Aerobatics, Airplane, Aluminum Working, Biplane, Carbinge, cowling, S-1-11, Super Stinker, Top Wing, Top Wing Ailerons on November 12, 2013 by mars58Last post I had just installed the aluminum piano hinges that hold the Two cowling halves together. Not Two days later Dave gives me a call and says he found a guy that makes carbon fiber piano hinges, Carbinge. So last week I was able to swap out the aluminum hinges and install the new carbon ones. I have a few pics below. This weekend I cut and notched the top ailerons and was able too get them hung. It was nice to see all the major components coming together. The top ailerons really complete the picture.
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Top Ailerons Installed
Carbinge, Carbon Fiber Piano Hinge Lower Cowling
Carbinge, Carbon Fiber Piano Hinge Lower Cowling
Carbinge, Carbon Fiber Piano Hinge above Aluminum Hinge
Carbinge, Carbon Fiber Piano Hinge above Aluminum Hinge
Carbinge, Carbon Fiber Piano Hinge above Aluminum Hinge
