Today I un-bagged the layup we did on Tuesday and cleaned up the excess material around the edges. I hope to lay up the other side tomorrow afternoon.I also started cutting out the panels needed for the Fold-A-Plane Hinged Panel Tool (HPT). The HPT is a construction technique invented by another Vision builder. The basic idea is to lay the completed Fold-A-Plane fuselage assembly on the thing and then fold the sides and tail up to easily establish the vertical sides and lifted tail of the fuselage.
I am making the HPT out of 5/8" particle board. The stuff is stiffer*, straighter*, and cheaper than 1/2" plywood. I bought some stainless piano hinges for a great price to hinge the panels together. Stainless is overkill for this task, but they were only 10% more expensive then the aluminum or steel ones and stainless will be useful on many other projects around here at some point.
Time Spent Today: 2.0 hr
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