WWI Student Project

There are several new students working on the Nieuport Project. Dan Brown, John Engle, Nik Batten, Joe Warner and Jim Cravens call themselves the Fab 5. Bret Johnson is trying to work on the wounded cowlin (thankyou U.P.S.). On the rudder, horizontal stabilizer, and elevator, Andrew and Aaron started applying the dope. Rib lacing is completed. Surface tape is also completed. I will have pictures at a later date (sorry). If you would like to work on the Nieuport or if you are just interested please contact Dan Brown.

Sorry for the delay ladies and gentlemen. Here at Team Indy we are trying to prepare for the air show at Mount Comfort, July 11-13. So I have been helping my team with the hands on projects. As you can see the R2800 engine has been assembled, by yours truly, but awaiting installation of the oil and fuel tanks to begin fabricating fluid lines. The risers have been installed and the throttle contol has been fabricated and welded to frame. We will need to make adjustments to pilot’s chair to allow for more leg room. And we have decided to angle the instrument panel to give better visibility in level flight.
Once again, I do appologize for the gap in information. Please stay tuned as pictures from the air show will be available the following weekend.

We here at Team Indy would like to give a heart felt thank you to Mr. Steve Baucum for all the time and hard work he has contributed to the Nieuport Project. We are pleased to mention that upon completion, Steve Baucum has been invited to join the prestigious team down at Gulfstream, located in Savannah,GA
Way to go Steve, and good luck

The indy team is still hard at work! So far, we have started the fabric covering on our elevator, stabilator and rudder. The firewall is mounted but, we still have some adjusting to complete for the engine mount attach points. As you see above, our brake system is just about complete. As for the brake system, the only work left to do is install the manifold and fabricate the brake lines. The pilot’s chair and the contol stick have both been assembled to the frame.
This ends the update for this week but, please stay tuned as more updates are sure to follow.

Here at Team Indy, as the title says, we are definitely “Rolling Along”. As you can see, the main landing gears are now assembled and attached. We have also installed the control stick torque tube and some turnbuckles.
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, for your viewing pleasure. We are sparing like crazy and spreading our wings!

Good-day all! Team Indy has been working hard to accomplish our Nieuport 11 project. To date, we have welded our landing gear in place, cut out our floor pads and cut out our templates for the control stick and phenolic bushings. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Please stay tuned for the upcoming pictures. It’s going to be real nice. In case you are not aware, this week of the 5th is spring break for team indy. So, catch us the week after for more updates.

As of March 23, 2010 Alvin, Carl, Andrew, Jeff, and Matt pull together as a work in progress. Carl, Jeff and Matt are seen here working on the wings. As Alvin is assembling the pilots chair, Andrew is working on constructing the aileron pulley system.

Some nice progress on the lower right wing is being accomplished thanks to the hard work of Matt and Karl. The ribs leading edges have all been marked and cut to size, and the routed wood leading edge has been fit into place, looks very nice. The landing gear final adjustments are being made along with the axle. The elevator, and rudder have been cleaned, coated with zinc-chromate and are being prepared for covering on next friday. We have designated next friday as the covering day so that past, as well as present Nieuport volunteers can collaborate together in this achievement.