What's up Poppy!?

Hey Sport!

You say Tomato, I say Tomato!

All this work is making me hungry!

I've got the BIG RED feeling!

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Getting ready for red bull video shoot

My what a big wiener you have!

Nice Buns!

Well as you can see the bun is starting to take shape!

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.

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 1.2

This weekend I continued to work on the four wing sections that I have been building. All, four sections are 75% complete. I had A LOT of help from my very supportive girlfriend and on Sunday, one of my teammates, Seth, came over to help me. We cut and glued up all the trailing edges of the wings, cut out the leading edge portions of the ribs out of foam then glued and nailed them into place. Holes were cut out of the cardboard on the trailing edge to help reduce weight; the center rib sections were topped with a strip of cardboard and the top part of the leading edge ribs have been covered with cardboard strips.

I'm WINGing It!

This weekend was not as productive as I would have liked due to a few necessary distractions. The first distraction was for some inspiration. I had to go see The Dark Knight, which by the way was awesome and the second was to celebrate my girlfriends birthday which brought a big smile to her face. Anyway,  back to the Red Hot Flyer II, I am 90% finished with the 4 wing struts. I spent time reenforcing then with foam and added blocking for wire bracing if needed. I have also moved on to building the first wing section. There are 6 main wing sections and 4 wing tips making up about 55 feet of wing length. After all it is a biplane.

Gettin' Jiggy With it!

So last night, and trip number two to The Home Depot, I purchased a new jig saw, flush router bit and some MDF. I had actually bought a Black & Decker jig saw the day before because it was cheep and they didn't seem to have the DeWalt one I wanted . After testing it out I really didn't like it but, to my surprise I found the one I wanted  in a product display and it was on sale for only $5 more then the B&D one. It works so much better! It's so smooth. Anyway, last night I made a jig to cut out the plywood support ribs for my wins. I was able to get the jig built and over a dozen ribs cut. Tonight I hope to get the rest of them cut. 

Right to the source

Today after dropping off a proposal for sponsorship at Vienna® Beef, they helped sponsor the Original Red Hot flyer, I walked around to the factory store to get some inspiration. I think the Vienna factory store is one of the best places to get a dog in the city. After all, it’s no more then 100 feet from where they make them. I ordered up the Chicago Dog Special, two Chicago style hot dogs with all the trimmings and a small fry. I also got a coke to wash it all down. Mmmmmmmm, definitely some good food for thought.