Fuselage Page 8
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I came up with and easy way (well, I think it's easy) to tap the holes in the longeron for the F-8113A mid cabin covers. I bought one of those flexible screwdriver extensions, and adapted my tap to it. Made the tapping a breeze... |
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So now the mid cabin covers are in, the left and right consoles are in, and the forward seat ramp is partially fitted... |
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Rudder pedal assembly is built, drilled, and clecoed to the floor... |
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I started building the rear seat back... I still need to work on the fiberglass a bit... |
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Front seat back after the angles cut and riveted on. |
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Front seat back installed in the fuse... |
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Here is my battery tray... I got the idea from Randy Lervold. It will sit on the floor in the forward baggage compartment. More pictures to come... | |
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Here are a couple views of it. I used angle to make a base that would bolt to the floor and rest on the firewall angle and another angle I installed to help spread the load of the battery... |
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forward fuse sub floor skeleton going together... I did away with the cooling ramp hinge, and simply installed an angle in it's place... |
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Forward fuse sub floor and cooling ramp riveted together... |
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I had to do some trimming on the cooling ramp to clear the nose wheel portion of the engine mount... | |