July 5th 8h
We proceeded with installing the baggage floor in the center fuselage.
Then we tackled bending the longerons. This is turning to be quiet a project to get to good recision, but definitely worth the time.
Baggage floor and longerons
Author: Manal Habib
Flight Controls Engineer and Pilot. I love to write autopilot code for precise maneuvering of aircraft, I love to fly planes and I love to build.
Riveting the center fuselage
June 21th & 28th 16h
It took 2 days to rivet the center fuselage together. I am looking forward to attach the center fuselage to the back fuselage and to see the fuselage slowly growing.
Priming Mid Fuselage
June 7th & 14th 16h
We prepped (deburred, dimpled, countersunk), and primed all the part of the center of the fuselage.
Assembly of mid fuselage
May 24th, 31th 16h
We assembled and drilled the mid fuselage. It came together quickly. It is cool to see the Fuselage parts coming together:
Assembly and riveting of Aft fuselage
April 5th, 19th, 26th, May 3rd, 10th & 17th, 48h
Riveted the aft fuselage:
Disassembled the aft fuselage, deburred, dimpled, primed, then assembled it back for riveting and checked alignment again:
Assembled the Aft Fuselage, checked alignment, and drilled:
Assembled and riveted some sub component of the aft fuselage
Bulkhead 706 to 712
March 22nd, 28th and 29th, 24h
We tackled the rest of the bulkhead, we prepped all the parts and moved on to riveting. We riveted all of them, except for 706.
Bulkhead 705
March 14th and 15th, 15h
We prepped and riveted bulkhead 705. All went well, except for one bracket that did not align well. So, I just ordered a new one.
Riveting bulkhead 704
March 1st, 9h
We finished riveting bulkhead 704. We riveted all the brackets and the side sections. Then we looked up and gathered all the hardware. Bulkhead 704 is done for the time being.
Then I did a little preview into bulkhead 705, so I gathered all the parts.
Continue Firewall and bulkhead 704
February 23th, 7h
- I got the new wd-602 to finish the firewall, so after prepping the new part, I finished riveting the last corner of the firewall.
- Then I moved to finishing bulkhead 704, I got the new seat brackets. So, I prepped them and got 704 ready for final riveting.
Bulkhead 704
February 9th and 16th, 16h
Next we started working on the bulkhead. First drilling holes for the bushings. Then drilling the center sections to the sides. Afterwards, fabricating the control brackets and drilling them.
Next weekend, we primed the control brackets and fitted the control sticks. Then we attached the platenuts. Afterwards we worked on the cover ribs. The center bushing holes ended up a bit larger, 9/16 instead of 7/16, so I am most likely redoing those ribs after checking with Vans.
