Homebuilt Aircraft Sheet Metal Construction Techniques

This dvd set includes web links to complete plans print them on your own printer for building your own sheet metal brake and other important tools.

Homebuilt aircraft sheet metal construction techniques.

Watching scratch building basics for metal aircraft is an excellent way to determine if building a homebuilt aircraft from scratch is right for you. Wood composite fabric and sheet metal. 2 dvd set. Homebuilt aircraft are generally small one to four seat sportsplanes which employ simple methods of construction.

All metal aircraft construction overview. First offered for sale in 1971 by the end of the decade 375 sets of plans had been sold with around 26 aircraft under construction and 10 flying the quail is an all metal cantilever high wing monoplane with an enclosed cabin and tricycle undercarriage. Airplane airplane materials and construction. While aluminum alloys may be formed into nearly any shape imaginable this usually requires specialized skills and costly tooling cost is greatly reduced by using off the shelf stock aviation grade materials flat sheet metal and rolled extrusions and simple shapes and bends simplify manufacturing and assembly.

You ll build an individual project and learn the ins and outs of the various techniques. The following is a brief outline of the course content. Fabric covered wood or metal frames and plywood are common in the aircraft structure but increasingly fiberglass and other composites as well as full aluminum construction techniques are being used techniques first pioneered by. For reasons of availability low weight and prior manufacturing experience most early aircraft were of wood and fabric construction.