Seats! Need somewhere to sit in this thing. I’ve been looking forward to seats for a while. They’d make visualizing flying this airplane that much easier. They’re a big step and look like a major accomplishment. I started with the four side supports. I rough, then final cut the .125″ angle stock, radiused one end […]
The tunnel cover was largely fabricated with the seat bottoms. The two pieces of Z-extrusion were cut to the specified dimensions, including several angled jogs (one is about 1/16″ off, and I think I’ll redo it–it bugs me that much). The bottom holes were carefully drilled by extending lines out (on tape, not the white […]
Continuing on, I “dry fit” the forward seat floors, checking that all the screws fit. They fit snug, with no adjustment necessary. All that’s really left for these pieces is to pull them, prep and prime, and add about 4 nutplates and then they’re ready. While they’re in I started on the center tunnel cover, […]
Seat floors were fabricated, including the seat back mounts (three hinge pieces riveted to bottom of seat). Fairly uneventful, and came out looking great. I also test fit the finished flap covers, which settle in place nicely. (One mounting hole required a small amount of filing. While adding the seat bottoms, I thought it would […]
Notice how I avoided calling these the “forward baggage walls,” which is more accurate, just to not have to go back and revisit calling the baggage area completed? Things have slowed a bit, but I did get these fit. Despite the instructions noting that these were difficult to fit, these were not difficult to fit. […]
Finish is such a strong word. I don’t feel like anything here is ever “finished,” always with things I have to come back and revisit. But much of the baggage pieces are installed. This is a bit of a “where’s the rest of the fucking owl,” (talk about a random reference–you’re going to need to […]
Time to get started on the baggage area. Baggage floors and rear baggage walls didn’t take much. There was some confusion on whether I had the ribs placed in the correct order, but later realized one of the plans was incorrectly drawn. If you, too, are confused, see Detail D on Sheet 25 for the […]