billy's plans built sonex 1735

[GordonTurner]

Awesome

Nice work

[Rofomoto]

Bin a little slow at updates but getting there. Should move to airport soon. (Video because photobucket will not host my pics anymore without a fee)

[sonex892.]

Bin a little slow at updates but getting there. Should move to airport soon. (Video because photobucket will not host my pics anymore without a fee)

Hi Billy. For images I use https://postimages.org/ At least for the time being its a free service. BTW, the plane's looking good.

[Rofomoto]

It’s bin exactly two years since my first post to get to this exciting day. Fitting the wing doublers. What kind of gap did anyone leave for the wing root seal? I noticed the plans don’t even cal for a seal there.

[sonex1374]

Billy,

The plans simply use the metal wing walk doublers to seal the gap, with only a small (1/16" or so) gap to the fuse. Many builders use rubber channel to create a better seal, but it's not strictly necessary. If you use the rubber seal, the gap needs to be bigger to allow room for the rubber channel material (something like 1/4"). Van's sells a rubber wing root channel that works well, and you'll need one 12' section per wing. You can glue the channel to the doubler with a weatherstrip contact adhesive if you like, but it stays in place pretty well on its own.

https://shop.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bin/s ... oduct=misc
https://www.amazon.com/3M-08008-Black-Weatherstrip-Adhesive/dp/B00598XNT8/ref=sr_1_3

Jeff

[Rofomoto]

Thanx Jeff I trimmed it to the 1/32 the plans call for and its good up to the leading edge skin. Then it gradually goes to 3/16 at the front and I trimmed nothing up there. I guess I’ll trim to your recommended 1/4” and get the seals

[Rynoth]

For what it's worth, I didn't go with seals. I have a fairly consistant ~1/16 gap. IMO it looks clean from the outside, and I don't have significant draft issues in the cockpit (I think you'll have some flow either way, but it's not like air is blasting in.) If I did it again, I probably still wouldn't do a seal, but there's certainly no harm in doing so.

[Rofomoto]

I weighed my plane with the wings on( no ailerons or flaps, bottom skin. Prop and no interior). 538 lbs. I’ll be happy if the cheap scale is even 50 lbs off.

[Rofomoto]

a Lot to do even after the move

[Matt541]

Congrats Billy!

Rollbacks work great for the fuselage. You beat me to the airport while I'm still polishing. In a hangar no less, they're hard to come by up here.

Can't wait to see her fly.