{"id":448,"date":"2017-12-30T22:38:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T22:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/?p=448"},"modified":"2017-12-30T23:28:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T23:28:42","slug":"aft-fuselage-10-17-to-10-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/30\/aft-fuselage-10-17-to-10-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Aft fuselage 10-17 to 10-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aft fuselage skin has to be cleco\u2019d in place and then the tail spring mount is temporarily mounted to the aft bulkhead. Placing the aft fuselage skin takes a little bit of thought and a small amount of persuasion. It sits between the F-01410 bulkhead and the lower skin and the edges have to slide between stiffeners and the side skins. \u00a0It took a bit of time to work this out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-449\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/F0048AAE-7448-4590-A5BA-2D1AD1914046-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/F0048AAE-7448-4590-A5BA-2D1AD1914046-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/F0048AAE-7448-4590-A5BA-2D1AD1914046-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/F0048AAE-7448-4590-A5BA-2D1AD1914046.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tail spring mount is then temporarily bolted in place so that two #30 holes can be match drilled in the F-01412 bulkhead where the mount will be riveted to the bulkhead. It also gives the opportunity to see if the bulkhead will need to be trimmed where the mount exits the bulkhead due to the weld which impinges on the skin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-451\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D012C818-D1FE-4BB0-85FD-217FF34488D7-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D012C818-D1FE-4BB0-85FD-217FF34488D7-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D012C818-D1FE-4BB0-85FD-217FF34488D7-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/D012C818-D1FE-4BB0-85FD-217FF34488D7.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bulkhead then gets riveted to the aft lower skin. \u00a0Some of these rivets I managed to squeeze with the yoke but others I needed to use the gun to set. \u00a0I also went up a size of rivet to a AN426AD3-4 as the 3.5 just didn\u2019t seem long enough.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/C3354F69-B820-4F91-90EC-9FEE3C4A24D4-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/C3354F69-B820-4F91-90EC-9FEE3C4A24D4-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/C3354F69-B820-4F91-90EC-9FEE3C4A24D4-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/C3354F69-B820-4F91-90EC-9FEE3C4A24D4.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spring mount is then riveted to the bulkhead and the whole lot reassembled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EE4216F0-A9CE-417A-95E3-4A8E4EF05C49-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EE4216F0-A9CE-417A-95E3-4A8E4EF05C49-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EE4216F0-A9CE-417A-95E3-4A8E4EF05C49-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EE4216F0-A9CE-417A-95E3-4A8E4EF05C49-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/EE4216F0-A9CE-417A-95E3-4A8E4EF05C49.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the spring mount is in position, the bolts need to be torqued up. \u00a0I only have a metric torque wrench so a little bit of conversion is required into Pounds-Feet. \u00a0A static load is also calculated as these are stiff nuts so a true torque has to be calculated in accordance with Van\u2019s instructions. \u00a0I needed one thick spacer to close the gap between the spring mount and the F-01410 bulkhead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CCB8E7D6-37C4-4381-89A3-4415D8665BA2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CCB8E7D6-37C4-4381-89A3-4415D8665BA2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CCB8E7D6-37C4-4381-89A3-4415D8665BA2-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/CCB8E7D6-37C4-4381-89A3-4415D8665BA2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once it was cleco\u2019d back together you are told to rivet the aft bottom \u00a0skin to the F-01411 bulkhead starting in the centre. \u00a0Due to the tail spring mount mount it is going to be quite difficult to access some of the rivets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/13EAF972-5651-4056-8A67-9445F6B3D46A-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/13EAF972-5651-4056-8A67-9445F6B3D46A-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/13EAF972-5651-4056-8A67-9445F6B3D46A-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.vansrv14.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/13EAF972-5651-4056-8A67-9445F6B3D46A.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time for some wiring while I think about it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aft fuselage skin has to be cleco\u2019d in place and then the tail spring mount is temporarily mounted to the aft bulkhead. 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