The center section seemed like the logical starting point. That contains the base and the wing. The first task was to cut out a place for the wing to fit into the body. Dado, groove, whatever it's supposed to be called. 5 " wide x 5/8" deep. I'm missing about a week of pics. It happens. I'm hating iphone15 more every day. Microsoft only makes it worse. Some pics will be out of order with the blog.
I used my dado sled. The only down side to a sled is a loss of depth of cut. It hasn't been an issue yet. I use brass keys to set the depth. I mark the location of the cut on the blank, then I lineup the cut marks to the dado blade teeth and use hand screws to act as stops. I keep the blank on the sled and attach a piece of mdf to hold the blank in position. This allows the blank to move only from side to side, only within the stops. I always start at one end, then the other end before removing everything between the stops.
By the time I'm cutting out for the wing, I already have all the plywood made. I cut for the 5" wide, then cut the wing blank to fit the dado, then went on to finish building the wing. Wing is 44" long,
This jig marks the location for the engines, It gets confusing at times when I mark something, then over ride that mark with another.
This is where I would show the blanks that became the engines, if I had the pics. I marked everything on the blank, where to drill for mounting holes, drill 2 1/2" deep with a 1/8" bit to accept the prop shaft, every critical measurement was marked first. I drilled all the holes before shaping. It started on the bandsaw, then went to the lathe ,stayed on the lathe to shape with a spokeshave, then mounted to the wing. I also turned 2 blanks that became fuel tanks.
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