Showing posts with label flugtag construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flugtag construction. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Keep that thing away from me!
It's HUGE, Pink and it might poke your eye out! No, not really...I'm just happy see that you're reading my blog. As you can see, I built a whopping wiener that is nine and a half feet long and a foot in diameter. It is a full 18 inches longer then the original Red Hot Flyers dog. Open wide!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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.
Monday, August 4, 2008
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????????
Friday, August 1, 2008
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.
Monday, July 28, 2008
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.
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