kfbApril 28, 2020, 9:40pm
Hi
I’m getting close to the end of the process on my Max build and when completed I will take all parts out of my basement and put the pieces together to form a whole plane! Then I intend to spend a fair amount of time trying to fine tune the assemble and disassemble processes in order to get the time down to the smallest amount I can. It seems to me the install process has to somewhat resemble these steps:
1. Place a holding device in position beside the fuselage at approximately the half way point on where the wing will be going
2. Place a holding device in position under the tail to get the fuselage quite level
3. Bring over the first wing and place it on the wing holding device, and at this point I intend to have the two pieces which comprise the strut assemble, already attached to the wing
4. Go to the fuselage and coax the two(four) spar bars into their respective holes in the side
5. Go to the end of the wing and push firmly to get the bars fully inserted into the fuselage
6. If comfortable that the bars are in as far as they need to be, go to the other side of the fuselage and reach into the cockpit and get a pin installed in the front and back
7. Go to the wing mid point again and while on the ground, lift up the wing enough to enable the inserting of the bolt into the axle/strut connection point
8. While there, connect the telex cable to the aileron arm
9. Move the wing holding device to the correct location for the other wing
10. Bring that wing over, push the bars into their holes as with the first wing
11. Now that the first wing is in the way, it seems as if it will be necessary to perhaps get into the plane and sit in the seat and put the front pin in, I’m not sure how it will work out for the rear pin
12. Once both pins in, do number seven above for this wing
So it seems to me the difficult points are going to be getting the pins inserted and figuring out where to stand/sit or whatever, to get the second rear pin installed
Any and all comments will be appreciated in terms of helpful hints, or things I have wrong, or whatever.
As always, thanks for your time
Kim Brown
I’m getting close to the end of the process on my Max build and when completed I will take all parts out of my basement and put the pieces together to form a whole plane! Then I intend to spend a fair amount of time trying to fine tune the assemble and disassemble processes in order to get the time down to the smallest amount I can. It seems to me the install process has to somewhat resemble these steps:
1. Place a holding device in position beside the fuselage at approximately the half way point on where the wing will be going
2. Place a holding device in position under the tail to get the fuselage quite level
3. Bring over the first wing and place it on the wing holding device, and at this point I intend to have the two pieces which comprise the strut assemble, already attached to the wing
4. Go to the fuselage and coax the two(four) spar bars into their respective holes in the side
5. Go to the end of the wing and push firmly to get the bars fully inserted into the fuselage
6. If comfortable that the bars are in as far as they need to be, go to the other side of the fuselage and reach into the cockpit and get a pin installed in the front and back
7. Go to the wing mid point again and while on the ground, lift up the wing enough to enable the inserting of the bolt into the axle/strut connection point
8. While there, connect the telex cable to the aileron arm
9. Move the wing holding device to the correct location for the other wing
10. Bring that wing over, push the bars into their holes as with the first wing
11. Now that the first wing is in the way, it seems as if it will be necessary to perhaps get into the plane and sit in the seat and put the front pin in, I’m not sure how it will work out for the rear pin
12. Once both pins in, do number seven above for this wing
So it seems to me the difficult points are going to be getting the pins inserted and figuring out where to stand/sit or whatever, to get the second rear pin installed
Any and all comments will be appreciated in terms of helpful hints, or things I have wrong, or whatever.
As always, thanks for your time
Kim Brown