To start the engine, turn the key!

The rubber band

Does that look about right to you?

The steering stick

This tail section brought to you by the magic of zip ties...

Ribs all ready to build the left wing

Fabrication Fuel

Test fitting the outer hinge block

Other side of aileron brace.

This side will get a hinge block glued and nailed to it.

Glueing in the aileron brace

Trailing edge time

Legal eagle or spread eagle?

Welding the seat brackets

Build out the wooden wings? Or use the Honcho wings?

Rivet, rivet, rivet

Cutting gussets out of .020 aluminum

Kicking back, tracing, cutting and repeating

Rudder horn gets slightly overbuilt

The plans call for it on top of that rib (it's upside down here) but I'm putting it below and keeping my gusset.

Rudder horn

One wing has the ribs, spars, and partial diagonal bracing

Trying to get the geometry just right

The new tail feathers

This is what we're shooting for... more or less