Monday, January 21, 2013

Quest Aerospace One Part 3 Steps 9 - 10 Spine Fin

Step 9 has you remove the laser cut fins from the sheet and sand the edges.
I sanded enough to remove the hold down tabs and remove the burned edges.


The antenna tabs are glued onto the spine.
TIP: Looking back on this part of the build, I should have glued the antennas on AFTER the wings were glued to the spine.
After gluing the wings on each side of the spine, it's just easier to sand the wing and spine joints without the antennas getting in the way.

Step 10 is vague about where to glue the antennas - 1" from either end.
I decided to glue them 1" from the top surface after the angle cut on the ends. The face card picture shows the front antenna about 2" from the front of the spine.

I wasn't thinking ahead and glued the antennas on, 1" from each end.
For an even pressure, a ruler was balanced on top of the glued antennas and a weight applied.

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