Do it Yourself Tapered Rudder Ribs

Milling Aviation Grade Lumber from the local Box Store!

Cutting Rudder Ribs

The Epoxy Soda Can Trick

Team MiniMax "Epic" design study

Blocking out the Rudder

The Writings of Jon becomes a VLOG....

I'm going to try to log my progress with video's in addition to stills now. 

Making mistakes with your Home-built Plane

Laminating a Wood Spar

More Vertical Stabilizer Supports

Builder Log Spruce Juju

Latest photo for Spruce Juju is the vertical stabilizer.  This shot was just after I epoxied the gussets in place.  It's been many weeks since I worked on the plane.  But with warm weather I have felt new energy and a resurgence of interest in this project.


Still waiting on the complete set of plans from TEAM.  Since they are still building the prototype I figure I have to be patient.


For those of you that are just entering the blog.  This started out as a TEAM Hi-max and has since grown into a new two place side by side design called the Epic Sport.  Every minimax design uses the same ribs so I didn't have to redo any of that work.  I did have to build a different tail.  This tail design comes from the AeroMax line.  It differs from the Minimax and HiMax mainly because it has laminate bow's at the tips.