Airdrome Aeroplanes Nieuport 17

[bookmaker]

Inching along on the left wing. The aileron torque tube hinges are now attached to the spar. The outer two can be removes to allow the aileron and torque tube to be removed. I also mounted the aileron control wishbone to the inner end of the torque tube.





Next step will be to cut the outer ends of the leading edge tube and spar to their final lengths.

Dale

[bookmaker]

I don't have much time to work on the Neupie this week, but I had to see if there was a wing in there somewhere.



Yep, there is one.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Dale

[Floatsflyer]

Is that an Austin Healy I partially see? Looks like it except for the fenders.

[bookmaker]

Hi Floats. It is an AH 3000 "replica" that I built from a kit in the early 90's. The body is glass, steel tube frame and Chevy 350 for power. It has a bad leak from the transmission and a blown out header gasket. I need to spend about a week working on it to get it back on good order.

[Floatsflyer]

Sweet! I love classic roadsters as much as I love airplanes. Hope you get it running well and back on the road soon.

[bookmaker]

Yes, it definitely needs to be on the road. Really turns heads. Thanks for the interest.

[bookmaker]

Inching along on the left wing. All but the root ribs are drilled for the leading edge and strut brackets are formed. Starting to fit the trailing edge.





My goal it to complete the structure on this wing by Jan 1

[Frank Giger]

One wouldn't think the 1/8th scale difference between my plane and yours wouldn't be much, but looking at the last pictures with tools for reference shows it's actually quite a bit.

[bookmaker]

It is surprisingly larger.

[bookmaker]

I made pretty good headway today. All ribs, but the 2 root ribs, are riveted to the leading edge and spar. The main trailing edge is attached. The screw up on the spar tip is repaired.





Tomorrow I will start attaching the aileron ribs to the torque tube.

Moving slow, but moving.