Hey, nice TIPS!

HEHEHEHEHEHEHE! So, this past weekend concluded the construction of the Red Hot Flyer II's wing tips. I also, finished up the wing struts that connect to the side of the bun. Next up is starting to build the hot dog and bun, a.k.a the fuselage.

I got you covered

This past weekend my Dad and his main squeeze Gini came by to help Allison (my main squeeze) and I stretch the paper over the main wing sections. It is a process that goes pretty easily when you have a few people. The process goes like this. My dad applied glue to the wing ribs, Gini and Allison wet the center of each piece of paper with a roller leaving the edges that get glued in place dry. Next they applied glue to the edges and when the glue gets a little tacky I place them on the wing ribs, making sure the seams are smooth. The cool thing is by wetting the paper down the middle it expands letting you glue it down and when it dries it shrinks giving you a nice tight wing covering.

Closer then you think!

This last week was a really tough week for the Red Hot Flyer II. Construction screeched to a halt on Wednesday do to a really bad toothache. It turns out that a root canal I had when I was in high school became infected. Not only that I also had a sinus infection to boot! After 3 days of pain and suffering I had the little bugger ripped out. Well, it wasn't so little since it was my second molar, that would the last tooth in the back. Once it was out I felt so much better and it is healing up just fine. On my way to see the Endodontist I saw the first poster for the Red Bull Flugtag Chicago. September 6th is coming up quick and I better get back to work!!!!!!

IT'S TOO BIG!

That's what she said! Hehehe! Well, last night after assembling the second wing section and temporally putting the upper middle wing section in place it is apparent that the Red Hot Flyer II is freaking huge. The wing span right now is almost 24 feet and with a addition of wing tips it will be 28 feet. I know size does matter but this is a bit ridiculous. What was I thinking? So I think I have decided to reduce the size of the center wing sections by almost half and possibly cut down the size of the wing tips a bit as well.

It's gonna be BIG!!!!!!!!!

As you can see in the photos above, the Red Hot Flyer II is gonna be big! That is just one of the three plus wing sections. What was I thinking????????

WINGing it 2.0

This week I have started building the upper and lower middle wing sections. These sections are what will attach the wings to the Red Hot Flyer II. The upper wing will attach to the bun via two struts and the bottom wing is actually comprised of three pieces. The two larger outer sections will attach to the smaller middle section which will be built into the RHF2 bun.

And now a word from our sponsors

As you've probably noticed from the pictures and previous entries, building the Red Hot Flyer II is no easy feat. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to build a giant Chicago-style hot dog, bi-plane style, that will fly off into Lake Michigan from North Ave Beach. Fortunately, two sponsors have signed on to help me make it possible: Strenuus and McCownGordon Construction.

For more about what these two companies do when they're not sponsoring my 2nd run at the Chicago Red Bull Flugtag contest, click on the link listed under "Red Hot Flyer II Sponsors."

Thanks guys!

If you would be interested in sponsoring The Red Hot Flyer II please contact me.