Well, running out of things to do (there’s still plenty…) and thought I’d give the landing gear bracket a look. Pulled out the pieces at 7:00 am and one thing led to another… Next thing I know I’m knee deep in landing gear. First things first, getting the leg into the bracket for a test […]
Time for flaps. This step required fabrication a few little bits. Once the brackets were produced, things moved along fairly quickly. First was installing the flap weldment. This involved three bearing blocks, two which had already been predrilled to the 705 bulkhead, and the middle one that required holes and a cut down the middle. […]
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 […]
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 […]
I wasn’t looking forward to these pieces. I was more-or-less dreading these pieces. Why? Well, I’ve long felt that pieces numbered 6XX are holdovers from the RV-6, a plane that offered less prefabrication and required more work to fit. I could probably verify this assumption with some quick research but I’d rather just continue on […]