Fuselage Page 9
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Len Leggette, RV8A builder, stopped by while he was in town and helped me get the sub floor riveted on... |
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Cooling ramp ready for final riveting... | |
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Now I can starting the main gear leg weldment installation... |
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Left main gear weldment is in. This took some work to get the bottom skin hole right, and the weldment to bolt in there, but it finally fit like a glove! |
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I am amazed at how well the gear leg fits into the weldment, just barley slid in there, and not a lick of play! |
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Both main gear weldments installed... |
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I will not be leaving the gear legs on for long, it sits too high, I think, to work in side the fuse... |
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I decided I needed to do some painting on the inside of the fuse before I permanently installed the main landing gear weldments. So I removed them, put a couple coats down, and re-installed them... |
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Take a look HERE to see what type of paint I am using for the inside of the fuse... |
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I think it turned out really good! Once I turn it back over, i will probably shoot one more coat to cover anything I may have missed... More pictures to come... |
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