A little more rigging progress

I managed to get some build time in today as it rained most of the day.  I focused my efforts on mocking up the airframe with rigging to make sure I had all of the rigging anchors correct.  Speaking of anchors, I made mine out of pieces of sewing hooks.  I cut them apart to get the loop end, then anchored them with CA glue.  Then I used black sewing thread to mock up the start of the rigging.

Radio day

Today I got my mind set on installing some electronics, and I managed to do just that.  As you can see, I fabricated a servo mount because I don't like gluing in servos, and we also got the fuselage servos and controls mounted.  Yes, that is a a piece of aluminum soda can used as the servo strap.  I decided to put it shiney side up instead of advertising for Diet Coke. 

Satisfied, I went for a 30 mile bike ride.  :)

Starting to look like an airplane!

I'm at that stage now where I'm putting it together and taking it apart just to see it in the bones.  We used to do that all of the time on purpose when I was building race cars.  It was fabricate, assemble, take it apart, repeat.  Now I just do it because I like to see the whole picture coming together.

Here is the extreme parasol version of the Be12a.  I'm glad there is a bottom wing too!

Started on some rigging

As the days grow shorter and the air gets colder, I've started to turn the corner on this little build.  I've been struggling with over-analyzing the rigging and trying to make sure I don't miss anything as I work through each step.  Being my first bi-plane, I want to make sure it looks good but not overdue it at the same time.  

I managed to get past the mental hump this past weekend and started on the rigging details on each wing.  Still slow progress as I still get time to fly my sailplanes on nice days, but I finally feel like I'm making some good progress.  I even managed to get the landing gear soldered up tonight.