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Category: Fuse Side Skins

The longeron twist!

April 14, 2013April 14, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

More like the bend, unbend, rebend, bend some more, then twist. Today marked the beginning of section 29 of the plans: Fuselage Side Skins. The

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Bending skin

April 15, 2013April 15, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

The fuselage of the RV10 is basically an aluminum box. The bottom of the box is a square in the middle where the wings attach,

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Mid cabin deck plates

April 16, 2013April 17, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Tonight, I started by doing some countersinking on the mid-cabin deck plates. These make up the structure of the bottom of the door. They were

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Lots of drilling, with a twist at the end

April 17, 2013April 17, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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Drilling: I got all the side skins match drilled with the underlying structure. I also match drilled the upper longerons to the rear spar assemblies,

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Quick night

April 18, 2013April 18, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Just a little time to work on the plane tonight. I did manage to get the front fuse side skins bent. It was the same

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Left front skins drilled

April 24, 2013April 24, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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I got the left front side skins clecoed in place, along with all the supporting structure that goes behind it. Once the skins were secured,

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Right front skins drilled

April 25, 2013April 25, 2013 Ed 1 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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Same as yesterday, with one exception. There are welded steel brackets that are riveted to the four corners of the firewall. These join the structure

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Firewall bracket drilling

April 26, 2013April 29, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

After all the fussing and bending over how the firewall brackets would fit, it was time to actually drill them. Luckily, everything worked perfectly! I

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Deburring

April 27, 2013April 29, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Long day, short post. Today was spent disassembling, deburring, and scuffing.

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Deburring and countersinking

April 28, 2013April 29, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

I started the day by finishing deburring the skins that I didn’t get to yesterday. Then I spent the rest of the day countersinking the

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Dimples

April 29, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build

All the skins and underlying structures that needed dimpling were dimpled. I also cut out the opening in the left skin for the baggage door

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Priming

April 30, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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I got all the skins and other misc parts primed today. This was a pretty big batch!    

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Riveting again!

May 1, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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All the parts started to get permanently attached tonight. First came the cross brace that supports the tops of the rear seats, and then came

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Side Skin Riveting #2

May 3, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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Continuing on where I left off last night, I placed the forward longerons and got them riveted to the appropriate brackets on the firewall. Fir

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Side Skin Riveting #3

May 4, 2013May 12, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Fuse Side Skins, Fuselage, RV10 Build
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This time, I’m actually riveting side skins! I got a good start on getting the right side skins riveted in place today. Some of the

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