Tag: Skins
Forward Cabin Structure and Skin
Well I put the skin on. I’ve heard this skin doesn’t fit, but I didn’t have too much trouble. What I did have trouble with was match drilling everything. In the end, I missed one bracket that will have to be addressed with final assembly. As it stands, I’ve not primed any of the smaller […]
The Little Bendy Roll Cage Pieces…
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 […]
Aft Skin On!
Well, the time had come to fit the aft skins (temporarily). Fitting these skins was exciting. Fitting these skins was a pain. Alignment, for the most part, was not very difficult. The aft section was pretty straightforward. The skins resist the bend but the holding power of the clecoes makes quick work of bending them […]
So Close…
I’m getting so close to having this portion done. One-to-two more riveting sessions with a partner and I’ll be ready to tip the canoe. Or roll the canoe. Whatever they refer to it as. Canoe will be uprighted. Left to do: all rivets and fasteners immediately behind firewall, seal firewall, top of aft bulkheads, right […]
EP3.17 Preparing and Priming Fuselage Skins
Interior Primer Complications
The last few weeks have been spent prepping the cabin pieces to go back into the aircraft. This includes priming, which has become a major source of complications. When priming the longerons, I noticed a slight tendency for spots to “bloom” in the primer. With everything else I was battling, I kept moving forward. When […]