Getting things ready to start covering

03/30/2013

Covering

Have I gone back in time? No. I'm just removing the tail to begin covering it. Took sandwich bags and labeled them with the hardware for each part. Placed the horizontal stabilizer and elevator on the workbench and the vertical stabilizer and rudder on the floor. Tried to calibrate my iron with the brewing thermometer but it didn't work. I'll need to buy a calibration thermometer. Also, discovered that the cockpit blocks the radio signals. So, I'll need to add an external antenna for it. I'm thinking of a dipole which will need to be 3' 9" long. May also need an RF amplifier. Length for a 1/2 wave dipole is 44.93" and a 1/4 wave is 22.46".