Fuselage Page 3
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Here the side skins are completely drilled an clecoed... |
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The F-824PP bottom skin is being drilled and clecoed into place... |
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I started drilling the fuselage sub floor components onto the fuse. There are a few parts that have to be fabbed here, more pictures to come... | |
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Mounting the step wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. There is a full size template on the drawing that I cut out and taped to the skin to cut the hole. Once I had the hole the right size, which is bigger than the hole on the drawing, I drilled the step to the skin. |
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Just a couple pix of the F815 floor ribs... |
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There are two .063 pieces that have to be made to attach the step to the lower longeron, a splice plate, and a shim... The end of the tube fits into a poly block that is bolted to the F-818 baggage rib... |
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Rear set seat belt attach points... |
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There are 2 pieces that have to be fabbed, but they are pretty easy... |
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I decided I didn't want to waste a perfectly good hole and drill another for the rear tie-down, so I decided to move it from the F-812 to the F-811... I made the tie-down mount as per the plans except that the threaded AL block is flush with the aft side of the bracket (away from the -811), and mounted it to the -811 instead of the -812. I will mount it using 470AD4 rivets... | |
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I will probably make a doubler for the -812 where the VS mounts at the bottom where the bolts go through because normally you would have either the tailwheel weldment or the tie-down brackets there to act as a doubler... | |
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I got my rear seat rudder pedals, and they are not what I expected. I was under the impression they were similar, if not the same as for the -8, but I guess they re-designed them. I personally like this design better... |
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