Tonight, I fabbed up a bunch of stiffeners that will give support to the baggage floor. These had to be cut from larger piece of
Baggage area begins
This section of the plans deals with all the panels and misc parts that close out the rear seats, baggage floors, baggage door opening frame,
Tailcone attach: Complete!
With the fuselage in a better position, I was able to finish attaching the fuselage and tailcone! I started by getting all the outside rivets
Fuse Cradle
Tonight, I started to rivet the tail cone to the fuse, but before I got too far, I decided that the process would be easier
Take it apart, and put it together again
After getting the tail cone clecoed in place last night, today’s tasks were to get everything match drilled, deburred, and dimpled. After the match drilling,
The garage is getting smaller…
Maybe it just seems smaller, because the fuselage that was about 9.5 feet long is now 18 feet long! It grew in length thanks to
Upper forward fuselage DONE!
It was a long night, but I was able to complete all the riveting on the upper forward fuselage section, completing this section of the
Deburring and dimping
Got all the upper fuse parts deburred, dimpled, and countersunk where needed. Everything is ready for riveting!
More work on upper front fuse
Because if the way the instructions have you build the upper forward fuse, I primed earlier in the process than I normally do. This is
Prep and priming
Today was spent prepping and priming the parts for the upper fuse. There were also a few other parts that I got primed in the