Fuselage
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Turtledeck Assembly – Part 3
Located L/R former #2 against turtledeck skin. Vertically spaced formers by placing wedge between former flange and upper longeron and pilot drilled and clecoed formers to skin. Started drilling from bottom working upwards and completed left side before moving onto right side. Right side former interfered with skin splice channel so trimmed around 1/8″ from…
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Aft Fuselage Side Panel Assembly – Part 4
Up drilled holes in side skin and lower splice plates for AN525 bolts. Hours Worked: 0.52
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Turtledeck Assembly – Part 2
Began securing turtledeck skin by pilot drilling left side (every other hole). Repeated the same process on the right side. Will finish pilot drilling sides after formers are installed. Following B-Model plans. Located former #5 by marking centerline along top and front side of former and pilot drilling top center hole in former. Located, pilot…
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Aft Fuselage Side Panel Assembly – Part 3
Up drilled left and right aft fuselage side panels to #30. Both panels up drilled for rivets per B-model plans. Did not up drill lower splice plate bolt holes. Hours Worked: 0.80
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Lower Splice Plate Prep
Created tracing paper templates of additional 7 holes to drill in lower splice plates per detail C. Placed tracing paper on splice plates and pilot drilled holes. Located lower splice plates along lower longerons per FC01 dimensions. Removed lower cross tie #1 and vertical channels #1 for better access and pilot drilled and clecoed lower…
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Turtledeck Assembly – Part 1
Laid out F20-06 turtledeck skins on workbench and trimmed aft inside edges per plans. Aligned edge of RH turtledeck skin to edge of F20-07 skin splice channel and transferred holes onto top flange. Temporarily assembled -02 turtle deck skin assembly together with clecoes with LH skin on top of RH skin on top of skin…
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Turtledeck Prep – Part 2
Laid out and marked location of F20-10 former clips on right side of F20-07 skin splice channel per legacy plans. Temporarily attached with clecoes pending final fit with formers and fuselage. Hours Worked: 0.25
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 6
Flipped fuselage tail cone onto side and began up drilling fuselage floor to #30. Left forward lower corners of floor and #1 lower cross tie at pilot size to be completed when backordered fuselage conversion parts arrive. Up drilled AN525 holes in fuselage floor, longerons, and F23-03 forward lower mount angle per both plan sets.…
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Former Clip Creation
Creation of -07L/R former clips from F07 stock. 1/8″ radius bends made using 1/4″ drill bit in vice. Angles verified with full size plans Hours Worked: 0.95
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Aft Fuselage Part Prep – Part 4
Used F26-05 crosstie plates to pilot drill four new holes in cross tie channel per B-Model plans. Hours Worked: 0.38
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Splice Plate Prep
Located and pilot drilled new SNB-F26-04L/R upper splice plates to upper longerons based off of skin bend line. Located and final drilled cable fairlead blocks to #1 vertical channels. Verified alignment with rudder cable holes in vertical channels. Hours Worked: 0.45
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 5
Completed pilot drilling and clecoing of aft fuselage floor to tail cone box. Attached crosstie box to cross tie splices and #1 vertical channels and clecoed bottom sheet into place. Fuselage still sits square with cross tie in place. Hours Worked: 1.40