Oh no, this is gonna hurt!

Friday morning at the crack of dawn!

Due to the rain on thursday, I loaded up the RHF2 Late to deliver it to North Ave Beach by 6am for the morning TV shows.

Logo time

What's up Poppy!?

You say Tomato, I say Tomato!

All this work is making me hungry!

Hot toasty buns!

Sexy Buns 2.0

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Get yours with a $15 or more donation to the RHF2 construction fund.

OOH Sexy Buns!

Getting ready for red bull video shoot

Red Hot Flyer II Inspiration!

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.

WINGing it 1.3

Construction continues on the four main wing sections. Last night I glued the cardboard strips to the leading edges of the wings and started working on finishing up the undersides of the wings. I should be able to finish this up tonight. Then it is on to the center wing sections and the wing tips. I hope to do a test assembly of the whole wing this weekend.

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.