Marty Mason (Europa) · · PAGE 2.

September 26, 2007: This is the business end of the airplane, a Rotax 912 that came off a Predator Drone.  This one had a turbocharger on it when it was in military service.  It only has about 150 hours on it.

Marty has an extra oil pump for the engine.

The wings and control surfaces all live in this air-conditioned work shop at the end of his driveway on the other end of the house.

The right wing is open on the top aft of the wing spar.  Since this wing is removable, there are no fuel tanks here.  The holes in the fiberglass ribs are for the aileron pushrod.

Here is the shaft of the wing spar that goes into the fuselage.  A metal bushing is visible near the end.  A second bushing is near the wing root.  Both wings will have this section overlapped inside the fuselage with bolts inserted in these bushings to hold the wings on.

This shot shows the aileron and wing tip area of the right wing.

These are the wing cores for the stabilators with the trim tabs still attached.   These will both be covered with two layers of glass cloth with the weave following the diagonal lines.  Notice the heavy wooden rib already epoxied in place in the cores.  There is a metal pipe inside to accept the stabilator control seen in the picture at the bottom of this page.

More foam cores for control surfaces, glass cloth, and the axle and control horn for the stabiltors are on the floor next to the workshop door.