Fuselage 26-11 to 26-14
Doublers and skin stiffeners back riveted to the Centre Bottom Skin. I had a few issues with back-riveting the 426-4 rivets and they aren’t as consistent as I would like but they are acceptable. I…
June 2018
Fuselage 26-08 to 26-11
Tonight I added the F-01405 bulkhead to the Inboard Seat Ribs. Once this is done a bulkhead angle is match drilled and then riveted to the bulkhead. Although it shows where not to rivet this…
Fuselage 26-02 to 26-07
A goodly amount of construction now and the section is looking like a bit of an aeroplane. Lots of stiffeners, routing angles, nutplates and brackets for the seat belts to be riveted to the seat…
Section 26-02
Doublers added to outboard baggage ribs.
Section 26 – priming complete
It took all weekend but thank goodness this part is over. The new spray booth was great even though it was nearly destroyed in storm Harry/Henrietta/whatever earlier in the week. The small parts are a…
Section 26-09
I eventually found the VA-146 bearing in bag 3076 should you be interested. The flange has to be trimmed so I cut a slot in a piece of ply and then cleco’d the bearing to…
Section 26 – dimpling
Today, I have been mostly dimpling. The centre bottom skin requires a lot of dimpling and there are differences between the nose wheel and taildragger variants. For the tricycle version the gear will mount through…
Section 26 – gear brace bars
Gear brace bars and brackets dimpled and countersunk. I think the drawings are a little misleading here and you have to be careful to read the instructions carefully as the diagram could lead you to…