As posted on the Facebook Monocoupe Aircraft Group:
Here is my latest long term project, a 1935 90A serial number 705. The fuselage will be used to build a Clipwing. It will have a Warner 165 with a new wing of 25' with 19 gallon fuel tanks and a slightly larger empennage. I have drawn the wing in CAD and have had all the wing ribs CNC cut. The nose rib cap strips have been steamed and bent to a form block and all ribs glued up.
As posted on the Facebook Monocoupe Aircraft Group:
More Photos! After laying out all the parts to see what I had and what I had to fabricate, I found most of the wing hardware was either bent or badly rust pitted. I have re-drawn almost all the original Monocoupe drawings into CAD so I had all the drag anti-drag wire brackets, wing attach fittings and lift strut brackets water jet cut. I then bent them to the proper angles and welded. I cut all the drag wires to length and had the threads rolled on to each end. All parts were then cad plated.
As posted on the Facebook Monocoupe Aircraft Group:
More Clipwing photos. The wing spar bushings have been turned out of 2024 aluminum bar stock. The fuel tank sender unit flanges and gas cap fittings have been made from 6061 along with all the drain fittings. I have 2 styles of gas caps. One that is vented to the air stream that will have a pressure pipe in the wind. The other one is a sealed cap that will need a check valve installed in the wing. I'm not sure which one I'll use, but I'm leaning toward the closed system with a gas door to the cap. I'll fabricate the tanks when the wing is assembled so as to get the fuel gauges centered properly in the cabin ribs. I also plan to have fuel lines to the engine run from the front and back of the fuel tanks like my Airmaster (see photo), instead of the bulbous drain fitting in the middle of the tank out in the slip stream. I also welded up the fresh air vents that are planned for the wing leading edge.
Steve has been posting pictures of his clip wing project on the Facebook Monocoupe Group. I will cross post here also:
More Clipwing photos. The last of the wing parts are finished. The aileron horns were cut down to remove the upper cable eyelet since the horn will be actuated with a torque tube. All the lift strut hardware has been purchased and will be used when the wing is mounted on the fuselage to check length of the struts. To top off the wing I fabricated a new pitot tube. The tip is machined from brass stock and drilled for the pressure and static ports with copper tubing soldered in.
Excellent fall weather, smooth, clear air. 1.0 on the tach. Click any image for full resolution.
