Fuselage
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 6
Clecoed lower floor/firewall stiffener and floor stiffener into place. Deburred upper firewall and riveted to fuselage box. Deburred forward fuselage floor and clecoed into place. Will wait until very end to rivet floor into place. F11 complete! Hours Worked: 1.42
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 5
Deburred LH and RH fuselage side panels and countersunk wing mount angle holes then re-clecoed into place onto fuselage. Deburred, dimpled, and countersunk aft spar tunnel web and clecoed back onto side panels as separate pieces. Riveted aft spar tunnel using flush rivets. Deburred and clecoed upper and lower forward cross ties into place. Deburred…
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 4
Up drilled LH fuselage side skins and splice plates. Countersunk top longeron for flush hardware. Up drilled forward fuselage floor including bolt holes. Aligned P13-08 lower cowl hinge half then drilled and clecoed to lower firewall. Up drilled lower firewall. Up drilled upper cross tie including countersinking holes for flush screws. Up drilled fuselage and…
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 3
Pilot drilled and clecoed upper/lower LH/RH splice plates to forward longerons. Removed forward wing angles and clecoed forward tunnel Z and spacer plates then refitted to forward fuselage. Determined there was no way to get aft tunnel web assembly into place so removed forward tunnel Z and drilled out rivets on aft tunnel web assembly…
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 2
Pilot drilled bolt holes through upper and lower motor mounts, longerons, and fuselage floor. Located lower forward crosstie and pilot drilled with floor skin holes. Created jig from angle rulers to set side panel width at 40″. Fit lower firewall to pilot holes in motor mounts and pilot drilled to forward floor skin, side skins,…
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 1
Clecoed left and right forward side panels to aft side skins. Removed clecoed from #1 lower cross tie and aft fuselage floor and aligned lower forward skin to existing holes. Clecoed forward and aft fuselage floors to cross tie then pilot drilled lower longerons from aft to front, alternating each side. Trimmed upper forward cross…
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Fuselage Side Panels – Part 6
Up drilled LH forward side panel then disassembled and deburred/cleaned all parts. Clecoed assembly back together and installed rivets per plans. Installed AN525 hardware as called out in plans and torqued to spec. F12-01L and F12 complete! Hours Worked: 5.00
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Fuselage Side Panels – Part 5
Disassembled RH forward side panel and deburred/cleaned all parts. Clecoed assembly back together and installed rivets per plans. Installed AN525 hardware as called out in plans and torqued to spec. F12-01R complete. Hours Worked: 3.97
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Fuselage Side Panels – Part 4
Up drilled RH fuselage side panel including bolt holes per plans. Hours Worked: 1.48
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Firewall Prep – Part 4
Created -03L cowling attach hinge from MS20257P4 piano hinge. Located hinge and firewall attach angle per Model B plans and pilot drilled -01L assembly. Verified alignment with spare hinge pin. Hours Worked: 0.47
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Fuselage Side Panels – Part 3
Located and pilot drilled F14-01L assembly to LH side panel. Located and pilot drilled LH upper and lower motor mounts. Marked centerlines for gussets and located and pilot drilled all LH gussets. Located and pilot drilled F15-03L rudder pedal mount assembly. Located and pilot drilled F14-12L seat belt angle to LH fuselage side. Went back…
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Firewall Prep – Part 3
Created -03R cowling attach hinge from MS20257P4 piano hinge. Located hinge and firewall attach angle per Model B plans and pilot drilled -01R assembly. Verified alignment with spare hinge pin. Hours Worked: 0.65