Today we did a trial fitting of the fuel tank. We also riveted the cluster bracket which had been waiting for a while. On day 2 we sprayed the inside of the fuselage tubes with CorrosionX protectant. I brought up the turtledeck and we tried it on the hull Here’s a pic of the…
Hull Attach, cut gear holes in hull – 11/27/2015
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We worked 6 hours today and made some good visible progress! Spent a lot of time with levels trying to make sure the frame was the same height on both sides. Drilled stringer holes to attach hull using a right angle air drill. Space is pretty tight, good luck using a normal drill!…
Seat Bushings, Ceiling eyebolts for lifting plane – 11/25/2015
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Worked on minor stuff today, seat bushings and drilling holes in my spancrete garage ceiling to put in lifting eyebolts. We used Redhead wedge anchors and eye nuts from McMaster Carr. New bushing for Seat quick removal Eye nuts in spancrete ceiling for lifting plane Upper Tailpost Support – had trouble getting…
In and out of the hull, wing inventory 11/22/2015
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We took the fuselage in and out of the hull a couple of times during the last 2 weeks. We need to put some hooks in the ceiling because it is getting heavy! We decided that we needed to torque some of the bulkhead bolts so that the fuselage frame would flex less. We…
Trial fit fuselage in hull 10/29/15
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We worked on trial fitting the fuselage in the hull. We cut some holes in the rear of the hull and also changed the pedal footrest to provide more legroom. We need to get a hoist, this thing is getting heavy! Rounding off the push/pull aileron holder because it was hitting the hull. We…
Painted inside of hull 10/20/15
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We spent a couple of hours painting the tuffcoat paint on the inside of the hull. We weighed the hull afterwards and it appeared to gain less than 4 lbs of weight. This paint is a dark gray with shredded tire rubber to make it non-slip. It took 10 minutes to stir with a drill,…