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25-Jul-2007
Catégorie: Fuselage : Longeron

I first removed both longeron from the assembly and twaeked the forward bend. Then I drilled the left longeron to the rear and forward skins. There are 150 holes and clecos, and hole those holes will have to be countersunk before assembly.




Working time on this subpart
Today :  2h (Total : 12h)

Lectures (3531)
21-Jul-2007
Catégorie: Fuselage : Forward fuselage

Only one hour work to tune-up the bending of the forward skin, recleco the ribs and floor and notice that the forward bend of the longeron needs to be tweaked a bit.
On this bad picture one can make out the longeron showing below the skin.




Working time on this subpart
Today :  1h (Total : 4h)

Lectures (2811)
18-Jul-2007
Catégorie: Fuselage : Forward fuselage

The forward side skin had to be drilled for the step tube, this is done without problem with a fly-cutter.
Then a small part of the skin has to be bend to conform the rear fuselage. The method is well explained in the manual and works (I forgot to take a picture of the setup), and here is the result.
The gap between the skins is normal, one rib is missing inside the fuselage. The picture shos also that the forward part of the bend needs a bit more tweaking to be flush with the skin.



We could not resist trying one of the steps.




Working time on this subpart
Today :  2h (Total : 3h)

Lectures (2570)
17-Jul-2007
Catégorie: Wings

In the workshop, space is becoming scarce so we moved the wing to the garage.
The wings traveled the 60ft on the cradle through the garden, we used the fuselage crate to cater for the soft ground due to all the rain we had in the last days.






In the garage, the wings will protected from being nicked by a sarcophagus fabricated with the fuselage crate parts.








Working time on this subpart
Today :  3h (Total : 6h)

Lectures (3566)
16-Jul-2007
Catégorie: Fuselage : Forward fuselage

The building of the forward fuselage begins with the assembly of the rear and center parts with the longerons.
This is done with the parts upside down on sawhorses. Then the forward sideskins get clecoed on. Here is the result.








Working time on this subpart
Today :  1h (Total : 1h)

Lectures (2726)

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