Pitts S1-SS Construction Gallery » 2006 » July 2006

Welding on the elevator control system rear idler attach ...	Wing attach brackets back from the laser cutters.	Spacer block for welding on the brackets.	Trim system - rear elevator tube removed.	Will need to weld these holes up.
Other side of where trim tube was cut out - will weld up...	Fitting the side fairings using a spacer block and cable...	Fitting the side fairings using a spacer block and cable...	Welding the horizontal stabilizer support brace tube...	Welding the horizontal stabilizer support brace tube...
Various fairing attach brackets.	Welding on the diagonal ribs onto the stabilizer.	Welding on the diagonal ribs onto the stabilizer.	Welding on the diagonal ribs onto the stabilizer.	Welding on the diagonal ribs onto the stabilizer - will...
Welding on the trim attach rib.	What a neat job Dean does.	Dean eyeballing the filler weld done over the open ends...	Welding on the heel plate attach tabs.	Me, grinding something.
Welding the fairings on.	Welding the fairings on.	Completed welded side fairing.	Belly fairings all welded on.	Other side fairing all welded on.
Rear idler atatch bracket - all welded on.	Cleanest my workshop has been in months.	Checking the wing attach folds. These were HARD to do.	Completed wing attach brackets with radiused folds.	Completed wing attach brackets with radiused folds.
Welding the wing attach brackets (rear ones).	Welding the wing attach brackets (rear ones).	Welding the wing attach brackets (rear ones).	Welding the wing attach brackets (rear ones).	Heating the underside of the bracket to allow for folding...
Heating the underside of the bracket to allow for folding...	Heating the underside of the bracket to allow for folding...	Welding the wing attach brackets on.	Dean and the fuselage - both balanced precariously.	Dean and the fuselage - both balanced precariously.
Dean's welding setup out of the back of his car!	Forward wing attach brackets - preparing to weld.	Rear wing attach bracket all welded up.	Inside view of wing attach bracket welds.	Inside view of wing attach bracket welds (other side).
Underneath view of wing attach bracket welds.	Finishing wing attachment. Doubler bulletin still needs...	Battery box brackets.	Battery box brackets.	Battery box brackets and bushings.
Again.	Stringer standoffs.	Stringer standoffs after cutting and filing.	Various stringer standoff brackets.	Various stringer standoff brackets.
Testing upper fairing for fit.	Making the fairings.	Making the fairings.	Testing the fairings for fit.

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