Skybolt Builders Manual
11/30/2013
If you are building, or contemplating building the Skybolt from Steen Aero Labs, then this manual is a neccessity. It will save you literally hundreds of hours of head scratching, and will help you avoid making those typical first-time builder's mistakes that we all make at one time or another. If someone said to you 'I have something that will take hundreds of hours off your build for $35, you would snatch his hand off!'
Untold hours have been spent in authoring this epic task as a labor of love.
The Manual gives the builder hundreds of tips and guidance. It is available for download in Adobe PDF format, which is a great format for searching & printing hard copies.
The Skybolt Builder's Manual consists of the following chapters:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section A
C1.Fittings
Section B
Ch1. Spar Profiling
Ch1. Drag Wire Holes
Ch1A.T88/ClearCoat Guide
Ch2. Truss Wing Ribs
Ch3. Routed Ribs
Ch4. Table
Ch5. Lower Wing Assembly
Ch6. Upper Wing Assembly
Ch7. Wing Bows
Ch8. Leading Edges
Section C
Ch1. Ailerons
Section D
Ch1. Basic Fuselage
Ch2. Notcher
Section E
Ch1. Vertical Fin & Stabilizer
Ch2. Tail Hinges
Ch2a. Strap Hinges
Ch3. Stabilizer & Elevator
Ch4. Servo Trim Tab
Section F
Ch1. Main Landing Gear
Ch2. Brakes
Ch3. Tailwheel
Ch4. Bungee Tool
Section G
Ch1. Cabane Struts
Ch2. I-Struts
Ch3. Slave Struts
Section H
Ch1. Torque Tube
Ch2. Walk Beam & Reverser
Section I
Ch1. Turtle Deck
Section J
Ch1.Rudder Pedals
Ch2.Seats
Section L
Ch2. Windshields and Canopies
Section M
Ch1. Firewall
Section N
Ch1. Formers & Stringers
Section O
Ch1. Plans Fuel Tank
Ch2. Inverted Tank
Ch3. Smoke System
Section P
Ch1. Rigging
Section T
Ch1. Extra Photos
Section U
Ch1. How-To's
Ch2. How-To's
Section V
Ch1. Engines
Section W
Tools
Section X
Ch1. Problem Areas
Section Y
Charts and Graphs
Bend Allowances
Section Z
Reminders!
Glossary
Materials List
Miscellaneous
Building something else? This Manual is still very handy to have around : If it is a typical Rag and Tube design like most biplanes, then the same building concepts apply.
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