So it has been a while but I finally dragged my lazy self back to the hangar to get over the phase that has been bothering me for so long: antennae. Where and how to install an antenna is not…
Category: Fuselage
More forward fuselage work (1.5h)
Doing a little bit here and there when I can get myself up early enough to get to the hangar and not die from the heat. Quite some time ago I tried and failed to install the heel support gussets…
Forward Skin Stiffeners Part 2 (1 hr)
I was tempted to leave the l-angles how they were and I suspect I would not have fallen out of the sky if I had done that. But it isn’t a great hardship or expense (I will need to order…
Just One of Those Days! (aka Forward Skin Stiffeners) (1 hr)
There are some days you should just stop after a few minutes and this was one of them. The forward side skins up at the firewall have three lines of predrilled holes running across them for some l-angle stiffeners. The…
More Forward Fuselage (1.5h)
I can’t do anything about joining the two parts of the fuselage permanently until I can route some coaxial from the ELT antenna, and I can’t do that until I, well, buy some. So today (with the help of a…