Month: March 2016

Attached the mid fuse brace, rollbar attach plates and armrest brackets to the fuselage. All the parts were prepared earlier, so it didnt take me much time to complete page 23-03 Spent 2 hours

Creating the fuselage longeron turned out to be most challenging task I encountered so far. My first attempts of opening the angle of the longeron with the hammer indicated that I will most certainly ruin it this way.  An attempt …

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Attached and rivited FWD Lower fuselage. Had my first encounter with aviation sealant (Proseal). What a mess! And it stinks too. Spent 5 hours  

Riveted fuselage bottom skin. Uneventful. Lots of rivets. Found a #30 hole that is not on the plan and nothing is attached to it. Maybe something will be a bit later Spent 3 hours

Clecoed the bottom skin and started riveting Spend 2 hours

Roll bar is riveted and ready for installation. Spend 1 hour  

Didn’t touch the plane for more than a month. Was too busy with work,  helping my wife with photography stuff (lots of retouching) and various family activities. Finally got a chance to do something. Finished countersinking of the top flange …

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