Pitts S1-SS Construction Gallery » 2006 » March 2006

Jigging up the angled rudder pedlas. [scrapped]	Checking the beds on the horizontal stabilizer support...	Stabilizer brace tube lower attach brackets.	Various laser cut parts, including rudder horns.	Checking the clearance before welding on the hinge...
DSC01668	DSC01671	Firewall	Checking position of brace brackets.	Checking position of brace brackets.
Checking position of brace brackets.	Checking position of brace brackets.	Belly fairings jigged for welding with spacer blocks and...	Belly fairings jigged for welding with spacer blocks and...	Belly fairings jigged for welding with spacer blocks and...
Belly fairings jigged for welding with spacer blocks and...	Welding the new rudder pedals [scrapped].	Welding the new rudder pedals [scrapped].	Welding the new rudder pedals [scrapped].	Welding on the lower brake actuator support bushings.
Welding the cabane attach tabs.	Welding the doubler tab over the top of the cabane tops.	Red hot - ready for tapping into shape.	Red hot - ready for tapping into shape.	Cabanes welded together.
Cabanes welded together.	Welding on the spacer hinge bracket onto the rudder.	Welding on the spacer hinge bracket onto the rudder.	After heating and forming the brace support bracklets.	After heating and forming the brace support bracklets.
After heating and forming the brace support bracklets.	Welding the brace support bracklets.	Welded brace support bracket.	End of rudder pedal welded.	Angled rudder pedals - these got scrapped as a ncie idea,...
Welded brace support brackets.	Stabilizer tube bends - leading edge.	Leading edge of stabilizer - bending.	Packing the tube with sand for bending.	My crude bending block
Both leading edged - about as good as I'll get them.	Sand still inside after shop;ping the tube to fit.	My crude tube bender.	Welding the sleeve onto the forward stabilizer tube attach.	Dean - reviewing his welds.
Angled rudder pedals installed. These got chucked.	Horizontal stabilizers all welded up.	Empennage all test installed.	Empennage.	Stabilizer to stabilizer support tube.
Stabilizer to stabilizer support tube.	Elevator and rear stabiliser attachments.	Elevator and rear stabiliser attachments.	Empennage	Testing the torque blocks onto the torque tube.
Cutting out eh pattern onto the torque tube.	First cutout.	Second cutout.	Torque tube c ut in half to form the tower.	Building the torque tube tower.
Building the torque tube tower.	Building the torque tube tower.	Building the torque tube tower.	Torque tube tower welded in place.	Torque tube tower welded in place.
Rudder horn welded on.	Rudder horn welded on.

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