09 March 2015

Fuselage: Forward fuselage lower structure.

Today saw the riveting of the F-01483-L/R forward bottom skins to the firewall structure, including the attachment of the F-01435A-L/R cover bases.  I had some help from a gracious friend for this job.  We found that propping up the structure as below gave us the access we needed to buck.


Then it was time for the cover bases.


Everything complete except for the vent doors and inlets and the battery box.



Today also marks the last build day at this house.  My build outgrew the basement, living room and guest room.  I hope to resume building at the new house soon.

Update 2-Jul-15:  Do not do what's on the left.  Instead, do what's on the right.  The F-1433 cowl attach plates should be on top of the F-13134C cowl hinge shims.  Page 28-07 makes this very clear.


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