The Airplane Factory
An Acrosport II under construction
(updated 4/9/99)
This week's un-progress
A little destructive weld-testing on the fuselage!
Construction Photos in Reverse Chronological Order
Rudder/brake pedal and brake cylinder installation
Lauren enjoys piloting with the fuselage on the gear and vertical
fin in place (Fall 1998)
Installing and aligning the gear. The axles are clamped to
a piece of angle iron for alignment
Getting some of the brackets welded into place and checking the positioning
of the seat belt brackets
.
The Cockpit!
This guy sure looks like he's ready to fly!
From mid-March to Mid-April not very much work got done for a variety of
reasons. Once I got going again, it was time to start making the
multitude of brackets that eventually get welded onto the fuselage structure.
Back to the not so exciting part of construction! 
Brackets,
brackets, and more brackets!
Through February and early March 1998 things looked like
this while the fuselage is welded up.
The fuselage sees the first light of day, while the construction table
is being disassembled to make space for final welding
Early February 1998
Tack welded into position - and with the jigs removed - January
1998
Jigs to help in fitting the diagonals and cross pieces - December
1997
The fuselage is starting to come together (November 1997)
Bent into shape
Jigs to keep things
square
One half of the elevator being put together
The completed elevator and stabilizer assembly. (well almost completed
- Any sharp eyes see what additional structure needs to be added?)
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