I haven't updated the progress in a day now, but behind the scenes there's been lots going on!!
ScaleGuy was over last night for St Patty's Day and drank "pops" and supervised the construction of the belly!!!
The sheeted sides are linked together with 3/8" balsa sticks that distribute load onto the sheeted cores with 1/8" pads! On this build, I tried something different and stabilized each bay with 1.5mm CF rod and tied the rods together with thread soaked in thin CA. The tunnel exit is also completed!!
This is a very, very stiff belly!!! I'll be using CF on future builds here -
mucho strongo!!!
It may be a little tough to visualize, but once covered, the only hole in the belly will be where the tunnel ends and the pipes exhaust!!