JD and Beastlet:
Bare cheeks
JD and Beastlet:
Flush cut saw
JD and Beastlet:
Clamped in the vise
JD and Beastlet:
Saw placed
JD and Beastlet:
Held flush
JD and Beastlet:
Port cheek gone
JD and Beastlet:
Halfway through starboard cheek
JD and Beastlet:
Both cheeks off
JD and Beastlet:
Squared
JD and Beastlet:
A look at the DLE 20
JD and Beastlet:
Test fit of the Pulse cowl
JD and Beastlet:
New parts - Smart-Fly ignition cutoff for Hobbistar
JD and Beastlet:
Hardwood mount for main gear
JD and Beastlet:
Cutting the covering off the forward upper fuselage
JD and Beastlet:
Covering off
JD and Beastlet:
Measuring the thickness of the firewall (3-8 in)
JD and Beastlet:
Peeling the covering off the forward sides
JD and Beastlet:
Loosening the forward upper deck
JD and Beastlet:
Inside the forward fuselage
JD and Beastlet:
Original blind nuts for glow engine and nose gear mount
JD and Beastlet:
4mm bolt into a blind nut
JD and Beastlet:
A tap knocks the nut free
JD and Beastlet:
All six blind nuts out
JD and Beastlet:
Front fuse bared
JD and Beastlet:
Firewall - blind nuts out
JD and Beastlet:
Holes drilled out to 1-4 in (upper right 3-8 in), backplate clamped on
JD and Beastlet:
Dowels to fill the holes
JD and Beastlet:
Ruh roh - separated tri-stock
JD and Beastlet:
Tri-stock's gotta go
JD and Beastlet:
Ruh roh - separated firewall
