Gromit's Phase 5 Build

Chris - This is a quote from some famous engineer.
"PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY OF PROGRESS"
I understand it was first applied to the chap who invented the wheel,
he was not happy until it was balanced & running true within 50 microns.

Colin.

I use the 80/20 principle..

80% of what you want to achieve by using 20% of the available resource.

David is trying to call me a lemon

Before my time

The fist job of the day was to make this:



Then it was a bit of a 'bitty' day getting various bits for the fin and rudder dimensioned and marked out. I've cut the ply for servo mounting plates, all lovingly fitted by hand with the utmost finesse and to a tolerance of a merest sliver of a micron The available depth of the pocket of the aileron servo is quite minimal when you take away the 12mm of the servo, the pic shows the depth of the flap pocket which is a little deeper. Still need to add the blocks to screw the servos on, but that can wait till tomorrow.

I've not been able to skin the tail as I needed more balsa having trashed several sheets in my mishap with the wing, I used what I had spare to correct my mistake... But that was just a good excuse for not getting on and doing it, as I could get the balsa from just down the road, it's basically not a fun job, it's messy, and seems to always throw a curved ball at me... so I was putting it off.

However they say the end result reflects the initial preparation, so I made sure I had enough space, I can't be the only one that throughout the day collects more and more 'stuff' on the bench and ends up working on the last available bit of the free space.

The Gorilla glue is very sticky and I seem to get it everywhere, so I have several pairs of disposable gloves on hand so I can ditch them rather than spreading the stuff around. I've taken to using a foam roller to spread the stuff out, and I'm sure I get a more consistent film.

But it's done, wrapped up and held down under a box of bathroom tiles, tomorrow I'll see how it's turned out.