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2009-10 Pics Below |
Intersection fairing in progress.
Also gear leg wood fairing profiles taped in place. Gives the
gear a nice airfoil shape when covered in fabric. The pieces
will be welded together and then worked/sanded to make a complete
fairing. |
Strut to Wing intersection fairings.
Still some tweaking to do, but 90% done. |
Here's the panel blank cut. The
rear attach angles are 3/4" square by .063", and I spend hours with
the shrinker & stretcher to shape the swooping angles without using the old million
little slices method! Contents of panel blanked out until I get it
all done!
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Gear/Fuselage
Intersection fairings in process. LOTS of metal shaping in
these complex fairings. |
Another shot of the cowl test fit onto
the plane. |
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The cowl as built by Pat. The bumps are HAND FORMED (bumped) -
not stamped or welded in place. The cowl is 2 piece, and the
bumps were hand formed into each half of the cowl. Again a work of
art. You might recognize Pat's work on cowlings...a'la the
Hughes H-1 Racer! |
Top pic of the wing root fairing. |
Close-up of the wing root fairing. |
Wing root fairing rear veiw. |
This is an extremely complex fairing (crafted by Todd), one piece
top wraps all the way around the bottom, following the contour of
the wing and also the fillet between the fuse and wing. It's a
work of art! |
Look from the front left of the latest "visual progress". Engine
hung! |
It's on! |
Engine hanging from hoist, getting ready
to hang on the airframe. |
Some of the 1" oil lines I've been building. This is the turn
from the belly feed lines up to the main oil tank. |
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Dishpan/Bootcowl progress. |
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More progress on the forward sheetmetal. |
Dishpan/Bootcowl progress.
Hand Formed aluminum bootcowl/dishpan intersection pieces being
joined to stainless pieces. |
Dishpan being hand built from Stainless sheet. Shrinker/Stretcher,
English Wheel and other metal forming tools. |
Close-up of one Stainless piece being formed in the English Wheel by
Todd. |
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Dishpan going together. Made from separate pieces of stainless
that are then welded/formed together.. |
New Fuel Tank installed. 42 gallons. Welded by Todd S. |
Another pic of the new fuel tank. |
Todd Sutton forming another piece of the
Dishpan on the English Wheel. |
Wing Struts Done!
Wings mounted. |
Wings on and mounted. |
Master Craftsman Todd Sutton. Todd
worked on the original Mullicoupes, as well as MANY other aircraft. |
Fuse with wings and completed struts.
Although the wings appear to droop, they are slightly swept and have
ZERO dihedral.. |
Wings on, Struts done, project now
moving "forward"! |
Lower main wing strut attach point. |
Bottom main wing strut attach. |
Working on Aileron and Rudder rigging.. |
Rudder pedals and brake master cylinders mounted. We
originally had floor mounted pedals, but then decided on overhead
pedals....lots of work, but they turned out really nice. |
Rudder pedal installation now almost finished! |
Detail rudder pedals.
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Front left wing upper wing strut attach |
Trial fitting of the oilt tank and fuselage fuel tanks. |
Close up of Oil tank (8.5 US Gallons) getting fitted to fuse behind
baggage bulkhead. |
Front Fuselage Tank (29 US Gallons). |
Wing fitting, etc.. |
Rear view of fuel boost pump(s). |
Underside of main and aux fuselage tanks. |
Plumbing between boost pump (Airflow Performance) and filter. |
Rear view of rudder pedals. Note the pedals rotate on needle roller
bearings! |
View from right rear underside of fuel tanks, boost pumps and
selector valve. |
Left Door Cutout. Fuel Tanks going in! |
Fuel Boost Pump(s) plumbed up...yes,
there is two...one will 'only' handle about 35 g.p.h. |
More fuel boost pump plumbing with Andair fuel selector / valve. |
Left Side Seat support, welded by master welder Todd S. |
Cockpit looking aft at fuselage aux fuel tank and main oil tank. |
Looking aft in fuselage at main and aux fule tanks.
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Looking in left door cutout. Tanks being test fit. |
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2008 Pics Below |
Battery tray and servo mount from outboard. |
Battery tran and servo mount from inboard. |
Battery tray and servo mount from above. |
Battery tray and servo mount from front. |
Old battery used for test fitting. |
View under the pitch servo/battery tray. |
Another view of pitch servo mount being fabricated. |
Right wing flap extended. |
Profile view of wings. |
With flaps retracted, the ENTIRE flap track/hinge hides inside the
wing! |
Outboard view of aileron and flap mounted on right wing. Wing is
swept in both chord and span, as well as semi-elliptical in shape. |
Wings are tried/true 23012 Airfoil. |
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R-985. Bright shiny new engine for my Mullicoupe! |
R-985
Waiting to be used! |
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Wings well along. Yes, they are wood! |
Sitting in the shop, getting worked on SLOWLY! |
Close up of left fuselage side. |
Front of Fuselage. |
Looking down the aft portion of the fuselage towared the tail.
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