wings and horizontal tail unit rigged Today, with the help of a friend and his son, we rigged the wings and tailplane onto the GP One.
The tailplane is held in place by two large metal pins engaging into the top of the vertical fin's carbon fibre spar and is secured by a long bolt. Connect up the elevator pushrod, then plug in the elevator trim wiring and its done. Very simple indeed.
The wing is similarly simple to rig. Each main carbon-fibre spar extends across the cabin ceiling and locates into a socket in the opposite wing root. Sturdy metal pins at the front and rear of the wing centre section locate in metal sockets in the wing root, while the flap mechanism connects automatically. All that remains is to lock the wing in position with one bolt, connect up the fuel lines, plug in the pitot/static tubes.and connect the aileron pushrods (accessed through the main bulkhead)..
The tailplane is held in place by two large metal pins engaging into the top of the vertical fin's carbon fibre spar and is secured by a long bolt. Connect up the elevator pushrod, then plug in the elevator trim wiring and its done. Very simple indeed.
The wing is similarly simple to rig. Each main carbon-fibre spar extends across the cabin ceiling and locates into a socket in the opposite wing root. Sturdy metal pins at the front and rear of the wing centre section locate in metal sockets in the wing root, while the flap mechanism connects automatically. All that remains is to lock the wing in position with one bolt, connect up the fuel lines, plug in the pitot/static tubes.and connect the aileron pushrods (accessed through the main bulkhead)..
 Wing centre section showing main spar slots and metal locating sockets. |  Carbon-fibre wing spars extend across cabin roof as far as opposite wing root. |  Flap actuator lever automatically engages with flap when wing is rigged. |
