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The Steen Skybolt

	Outline
	Cut-out Diagram
	3-View Drawings
	Chip Cotton's Skybolt

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Firewall aft

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My Smoke System

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Ribs & Bows

	Ribs Preparation
	Rib Templates
	Rib Templates Complete
	Wing Tip Bows
	Wing Tip Bows II
	Upper Ribs Complete

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Right Wing

	Lower Wing Rib Construct
	Spar Fabricating
	Drag Wire Blocks
	Right Wing I
	Right Wing II
	Drag Wire Drill Jig
	I-Strut Drill Jig
	Right Wing III
	Right Wing IV
	Right Wing V
	Right Wing VI
	Right Wing VII
	Right Wing VIII
	Right Wing VIIII
	Right Wing X
	Right Wing XI
	Right Wing XII
	Right Wing XIII
	Right Wing XIV
	Right Wing XV
	Right Wing XVI
	Right Wing Almost Done
	Right Wing Done!

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Left Wing

	Spar Fabricating
	Left Wing I
	Left Wing II
	Left Wing III
	Left Wing IV
	Left Wing V
	Left Wing VI
	Left Wing VII
	Left Wing VIII
	Left Wing VIIII
	Left Wing X
	Left Wing XI
	Left wing Done!

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Upper Wing

	New Bench
	Splice Join Jig
	Spar Fabrication
	Upper Wing I
	Upper Wing II
	Upper Wing III
	Upper Wing IV
	Upper Wing V
	Upper Wing VI
	Upper Wing VII
	Upper Wing VIII
	Upper Wing IX
	Upper Wing X Done!
	Center Bay & More
	Topsy-Turvy
	Wing Finally Done!

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Wings General

	Initial Wing Rigging
	Aileron Linkage & I-struts
	More I-struts
	The Welder from Hell

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Ailerons

	Aileron Templates
	Aileron Rib Construct
	Lower Aileron Build I
	Lower Aileron II
	Lower Aileron III
	Lower Aileron IV
	Lower Aileron V
	Lower Ailerons Done!
	Upper Aileron I
	Upper Aileron II
	Upper Aileron III
	Aileron Rib Anomaly
	Upper Aileron IV
	Upper Ailerons Done!

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Cockpits

	Instrument Panels
	More Panel Stuff
	Panels & Tank Painted!
	Throttle Quadrants & Harnesses
	Fitting Gauges
	Adding Shiny Stuff
	Smoke & Instruments

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Fuselage

	Seat Backs & Torque Tube
	Rudder Pedals
	Brakes
	Landing Gear Choices
	Starting Landing Gear
	Landing Gear Progress
	Landing Gear Ready For Tacking
	Gear. Heel Rails. Firewall
	Landing Gear Setting Toe
	Stuff & Landing Gear Done!
	Elbow Rests & Fuel Valve
	Smoke Tank & Fuel System
	Powdered Mount & Standoffs
	Stringers & Torque Tube
	Sheet Metal
	Sheet Metal & Turtle Deck
	Exhaust Ramp
	Upholstery
	Catching Up

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Empennage

	Stabs Trims & Controls
	Stabs, Trim & Controls II

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Firewall Forward

	Powerplant
	Nosebowl & Exhaust
	Alternate Air Induction

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Miscellaneous

	2007 Recap
	2008 Recap
	To weld or not to weld..
	Skybolt Builders Manual
	Fuel Plumbing and...
	Lots of Stuff

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Other Stuff

	Skydiving
	Web Design by Beej
	The TSA Sux...
	Visitors from the UK
	Biplane Expo 2008
	Biplane Expo Musings 2009

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Related Links

	Aviation Links
	My Favorite Homebuilt Story

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About Beej & Loz

	How We Met
	The Visits
	Our Wedding Day
	About Us
	Oshkosh 2007 Musings

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Canopy

	Canopy Redux
	Canopy II

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Fabric & Paint

	Rudder Covering
	Fabric Work

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Electrical

	Firewall Aft Work
	Instrument Panel Done

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Entry: Right Wing Done! [View Page] 9/3/2006

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a final shot before hanging...

Finally...hung up out of the way...

Entry: Right Wing Almost Done [View Page] 9/1/2006

Ply set flush with ribs as per plans...

Final 1/16 ply ready for a final sand & coat...

Final clear coat on underside...

Entry: Right Wing XVI [View Page] 8/24/2006

Notching out...

Clamping gussets...

Entry: Right Wing XV [View Page] 8/21/2006

The 1/32 ply between the two formers...

Dry fit...

All clamped up...

Entry: Right Wing XIV [View Page] 8/18/2006

Applying clear-coat in holes...

Fig B. clearance required for aileron pushrod...

Fig A. Clearance required for aileron pushrod...

Entry: Right Wing XIII [View Page] 8/9/2006

Aileron idler arm and bracket...

Bellcrank and bracket...

Bellcrank and bracket...

Entry: Right Wing XII [View Page] 8/8/2006

nailers doing their job...

trimming of the surplus...

final clear-coat - looks nice...

Entry: Right Wing XI [View Page] 8/3/2006

Sealing the inner of the leading edge...

Adding a support across the flying wire plate for the leading edge ply...

Sky writing at my visit to Oshkosh this year...

Entry: Right Wing X [View Page] 6/20/2006

Trammel bar...

Aileron tip bow gussets...

Final tip bow on aileron...

Entry: Right Wing VIIII [View Page] 6/20/2006

Main block glued in place...

More foam strips..

Finished...

Entry: Right Wing VIII [View Page] 6/1/2006

Nose rib doublers...

Compression plate...

PVC tube on wire, strut doublers at St. 2 1/4...

Entry: Right Wing VII [View Page] 5/29/2006

Drag wires hi-lighting the over and under clearance needed...

Finished tip bow showing the filler used for feathering-in...

A weight on one corner - to get rid of the 1/64 gap...

Entry: Right Wing VI [View Page] 5/19/2006

Looking like a wing now!

Spar butt fittings & clevis...

Spar butt fittings in place - finally...

Entry: Right Wing V [View Page] 5/22/2006

The angled aluminium as used in the aileron bay...

Spraying epoxy primer on to the drag wires...

Applying the final top coat of Clear-coat

Entry: Right Wing IV [View Page] 5/8/2006

The corner brace and gussets glued in place at St.2 1/4...

Tops of spar fillers being routered level with ribs...

Gaps being bridged at the aileron well...

Latest Pics

11/30/2013

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Extending and repairing the nose bowl.....

11/22/2013

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On arrival.....

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