SNX-F21: Tailcone
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 10
Riveted upper cross tie #2 to vertical channels and upper cross tie box to vertical channels #1. Fit cross tie splice plates to upper splice plates via AN3 bolt holes and riveted plates to cross tie box. F21 complete! Hours Worked: 0.67
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 9
Continued final assembly of tail cone. Started by clecoing lower cross ties and aft angle. Riveted aft angle and lower cross tie #5 in order to install aft Shear Web Assembly. Riveted shear web to aft bulkhead and lower aft angle. Un clecoed upper longerons to slip in shear Web Assembly and clecoed into place.…
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 8
Began reassembling aft fuselage assembly by clecoing upper and lower crossties to aft fuselage side panels. Hours Worked: 0.75
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 7
Up drilled mount assemblies and aft shear web. Reinstalled aft fuselage floor and up drilled AN525 holes for splice plates in lower formers. Also up drilled top AN525 holes through upper longerons, splice plates, and crosstie box. Inserted F22-07 between lower crosstie #1 and lower splice plates and pilot drilled assembly. Removed aft fuselage floor…
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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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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…