Aft fuselage side skins
Deburring and dimpling the side skins today. There are a lot of holes in those skins! I read that a builder had mistakenly dimpled the centre nutplate holes when finishing the #30 holes. I can…
November 2017
Aft fuselage skins & longerons
I’m still waiting for the replacement bulkheads and stiffeners. Parcelforce have them and have skinned me for an £11 handling fee to take £10 of VAT. I’m hoping Mrs May will set up a free…
Aft fuselage continued..
While I’m waiting for the replacement bulkheads and stiffeners I did a little forward reading to see if there is anything else I could get on with. The longerons need countersinking, over 250 holes, so…
Aft Fuselage 10-09 to 10-13
It had to happen eventually, replacement parts order from Vans required! Despite reading about a mistake a fellow 14 builder had made when dimpling the rearmost bulkhead, I managed to repeat the exact same error….
Aft fuselage – priming
Decided to prime as much as possible even if the part hasn’t been dimpled yet. I have dimpled after priming before and the EkoPrime seems to flex with the indent. The new ventilation system was…
Spraybay ventilation
Just about to start priming a lot of tail cone parts and having cleaned the workshop last week of all the priming dust, I am going to try a little extraction this time. I’m not…