Fuselage
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DA-85 8.5 hp gas engine
Robart tail wheel assembly
Another view
Rear View
Hatch closed
DA-85 from the rear
Slimline Pitts muffler with black smoke oil connecting
Slimline smoke muffler
Fiberglass Specialities cowl & wheel pants
Top wing with streamline caban & attaching points for wires
Hatch for 3 switches & two fill valves & vents
Finished Hatch
Sky Writer Smoke pump, battery & receiver
Gas Tank, & one of three batteries
Gas tank , choke & throttle connection & batteries on left & right walls.
Throttle connected at bottom with choke at top
Front Hatch bolted closed
Covering fuselage & turtle deck with .125 thick balsa
Turtle deck is covered
Soft balsa block used to lengthen & finish turtle deck
Front side view
Covering bottom front with balsa
Hatch for servo's
Adding fairing to gear struts
Covering oil cooler made from balsa block
Oil cooler mounted temporarily
Rear of oil cooler
Good view of flying wire bracket
View inside of tail cone
Side view of tail cone
Still need tail wheel sock added to tail cone
Setting up separate elevator servo control rods
Right elevator control rod
Left side covered with Solartex fabric
Adding Flight-Metal aluminum
Ready for Scotch briting
New Tru-Turn 4 inch Hub
Top view of tanks, choke & throttle servo's, batteries, lines, etc.
Front view
Another view before adding soft balsa block
Sanded & ready to cover
Checking out fit & alignment of elevator & rudder
Covering complete
Fairing on & sanded
Front View
Front of oil cooler
Tail cone cover added
Tail wheel boot made out of naugahyde vinyl & glued to tail cone
Rear view of tail cone with boot
Rudder & elevators move freely with tail cone installed
Ready for sanding & covering with Solartex cloth
Left elevator control rod
Solartex added to right side
Ready to add Flight-Metal aluminum to the Solartex fabric that cover the all wood surfaces
Finished covering with Flight-Metal aluminum
Finished Scotch briting
Rudder & elevator glued in place with epoxy
Another view of completed tail assembly
Elevator servo control rod & rudder & tail wheel servo control cable’s all connected
Building two windshields out of .030 thick plastic & aluminun
Ready to run DA-85 engine & test smoke pump
Side View
Wing is next
Windshields ready for paint & grommet’s
Close-up
Rear view
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May 25, 2012