More Fuselage Work

Started working on the front seat.  No riveting yet.  Just clecos

The new bulkhead arrived Tuesday and I started assembling all the parts I worked on last weekend

I made a mistake and riveted the hinges one hole to the left to far.  Drilled it out and all is good now

By the end of the day I had a good start on the fuselage

Working on the Fuselage

Today I spent the day working on the seat ribs.  Not much to talk about but a few pictures

Moving ahead on the fuselage

Last weekend I made a mistake with the rear fuselage bulkhead.  I used the machine counter sink instead of dimpling the holes.  I ordered a new part but it did not come in time for this weekend’s work  so I am reading ahead and doing what I can.  I will cleco the parts together for now and rivet them when I get the new bulk head

Here is the part with the bad holes

I dimpled the floor holes

and started some assembly

Did the bearing mounts

Then I built the pully box and Flaperon mixer

Starting the Fuselage

I got everything inventoried on Saturday and began the Center Section of the fuselage. 

I decided to try something different when lining up the two parts.  I laid the bulkhead on it’s side and had the skin run under the table.

 

This all worked great and I got all 72 holes drilled.  Then I when on to the counter sinking.  I did the main spar but I then mad a big mistake.  I machine countersunk F-1204D instead of using the dimple gun.  Now i have to try and order new part.  It is not listed in the Web store so I sent a not to Vans.  Hope they can help with this one



The Truck arrived today.

I have been waiting for the fuselage kit to show up.  I started building my Empennage kit on New Year ’s Day and finished it in the middle of February.   What I did not realize was how long the lead time would be for my fuselage kit.  I ordered it the first week of February and it just arrived, close to 2 weeks later.  I have been sitting around with nothing to build for 2 and a half months. 

Lesson learned.  I need to plan better. 

Things to do while I wait for the next kit to ship

Seems like the next kit is taking forever to ship.  I should have ordered sooner but I did not realize how fast the first kit would go

I build a wheeled stand for the tailcone so that I could move it around my garage.

Then I read ahead in the plans and decided I could build the Pitch/Trim unit

After that I decided to put the caps on the rudder

I set it all up on the tailcone.  It's starting to look like an airplane