10 February 2014

Empennage: Aft fuselage. Bottom skin, bulkheads, stiffeners and bellcrank ribs riveted.

This was a fun and quick exercise.  Easily accessible rivets.  We used "Mr. T" to buck these guys.  Three quick bursts hit them all.  Curious about my sawhorses?  Look here.






And that's as far as I can go with this part as there is no more space in my house.  If I put on the longerons, this plane will only do some very tight pattern work in my basement.  If/when I fully complete my wings (have a small punch list to work through), I could squeeze the full aft fuselage in my living room.  We'll see if I'm willing to have that additional "roommate" later.

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