3/16” holes through the angles, making sure that they match each other

exactly. I clamped the angles together and drilled them together on my drill
press to ensure accuracy. Clamp these in place as per the plans on either
side
on the lower fuselage tube. Make absolutely sure they are square on the
fuselage before drilling. Now, using the holes you drilled in the angles as a
guide, drill through one side of the fuselage square tube at a time. This will
insure the holes stay accurate. Here is a picture of the clamped angles:
Bolt the angles in place. Now we are going to add the cross tube seen
in the picture above. This is called the landing gear support tube. It also
doubles as the wing attach structure, so good workmanship really counts
here. Actually this is probably the most complex part of the entire aircraft,
and even so, it is very simple to construct.
Start by drilling the holes that are shown in the plans. You can clamp
the square tube to the angles, (make sure its centered!) and drill the holes
for
the angles through the top of the square tube, then remove and finish
drilling
all the way through the tube with your drill press. I used a scrap piece of
square tube clamped in between the angles to get the exact distance for
where the lower fuselage tube lays between the angles.
Cut a 26 1/2” long piece of round solid 6061-T6 aluminum rod. This
will be the wing attach piece that rests inside the square landing gear tube.
Make two marks on this tube with your marker pen, each 1 1/4” from each
end. Make sure that you mark the square landing gear tube with ‘top’ on
the
top side first. Then take the square tube off of the fuselage, and slide the
round solid stock inside it. Center the solid stock inside the square tube,
making sure that the marks you made correspond with the ends of the
square