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building the fuselage

Gluing reinforcement

The two sides of the fuselage are getting in shape

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building the fuselage

Gluing the frames

gluing the frames

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building the fuselage

start gluing

After quite a long time I want to start over with this project. Due to the covid-shit I had to take care on business much more than expected.

Laying out the plans.

Laminating the first longerons for the right side of the fuselage…..

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Work shop

thick wood also works well

a CNC router is a nice invetion….

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Work shop

cutting more plywood

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Work shop

CNC router

First attempt with my self-built CNC router. Lots of 2mm plywood gussets for the fuselage.

A real problem is to get the thin plywood flat on the table….

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Materials

Cutting boards from planks

quite a job to cut boards from the planks…. but the results look good, I need more planks…… straight grain, 1/2 x 4 in for the main spar!

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Design

Expertise

My expert Prof. Dr. Ing. Felix Kruse finished the first expertise of the Osprey 2 project to be sent to the German authorities LBA.

Cross fingers that I get my permission to start the project……

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Materials

Got my steel tubes

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Materials

pine planks