Mounting the vertical trim fin really felt like a milestone. It began to make this contraption look kind of like a helicopter! This is an operation that is best done with more than two hands. |
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This is another pair of hands attached to my friend Chip Grayson. He's celebrating our success with a stogie. |
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Chris Hysaw also helped but he didn't bring any cigars. I'm going to have a talk with his mom about that. |
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| The first thing to constructing the vertical trim fin is to fashion wood plugs for the top and bottom of the trim fin. Here you see I measured the angle at the top of the VTF and cut a 2X2 block to match the angles for the top plug. The rest is cutting, gluing, screwing and sanding to get the plug to the desired finish. |  |
I will complete the VTF plug by blending the joint with either fiberglass or Bondo before painting. |
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