Fuselage
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.…
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
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…
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
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
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
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
Turtledeck Prep – Part 1
Creation of -07 skin spar channel and -10, -11, and -12 clips from channel stock per legacy plans. Channel stock cut with snips and pilot holes drilled per plans Hours Worked: 2.50
Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 4
Replaced F23-02 aft bulkhead and F23-03 forward lower mount angle with new parts and drilled 3/16″ holes for tailwheel mount. Located aft fuselage tail channel on rear of tail cone and pilot drilled and clecoed into place. Secured F23-04 aft lower mount angle against longerons and rear channel and drilled holes for AN3 hardware through…
Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 3
Fit F23-05L/R mount assemblies to aft fuselage section and pilot drilled/clecoed into place along upper longerons and upper cross tie #3. Leveled workbench and fuselage tail cone box for push rod support assembly installation. Measured out pushrod assembly hole centers from longerons and set center marking on laser level. Verified dimensions and pilot drilled into…
Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 2
Clamped F23-01 tail wheel mount into place on vertical stabilizer and transferred and upsized mount holes to 3/16″. Created F21-02 temporary spacer from 3/16″ angle stock for tail box assembly. Mounted, pilot drilled, and clecoed F22-06 angle between #5 cross ties leaving pace for F22-02 aft shear web assembly. Removed lower vertical fin post channel…
Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 1
Laid out side aft side panels on top of junk F22-01 bottom aft fuselage skin to establish alignment. Set rear aft skin gap of 2.5 inches with clamped-together metal angles and set forward aft skin gap of 40 inches using the same method. Beginning with the right hand side, squared RH aft side panel to…
