I'm sending this again, as I don't think it went the first time. Sorry if it post twice.
Well, here we go again:-) My fuselage kit arrived on July 2nd. at 4:30PM to be exact. I put in about 1/2 day Weds. evening, 1/2 Thursday and all day Friday, Sat. & Sun. (I was bachin it). This week, I didn't try and drum up anymore than the nessessary work in my CPA practice, I was also able to put in a good 6-7 hours a day and evening together. I am on the coaching staff of a high school football team and practice start Monday, so I wanted to get as much done as I could. Anyway, for your viewing pleasure. The aft fuselage is square and final drilled. All buckheads up to the spar attachment section are primed at their overlap points and final riveted. The center section is just clecoed together. This is the portion that shows the seat floor ribs and baggage compartment floor ribs. The gray square buldhead is the seat back bulkhead. I will detach the center section from the aft section this weekend and disassemble the aft fuselage for deburring and dimpling for the flush rivets and then priming. The center section will remain together for final drilling. I now have the seat floors and baggage compartment floors clecoed in the center section for added rigidity when I flip the center section over for final drilling. These pics were taken before lunch yesterday. So, you are looking at 8 days of work. As you can see, I also had to redo my shop into the fuselage construction setup. http://rvflying.tripod.com/fuselage9.jpg You start from the spar center section and build back these last bulkhead, where the HS and VS attach. As you assemble the fuselage, you start back here and build forward. It was very, very cool for me to put this part of the airplane together. http://rvflying.tripod.com/fuselage10.jpg Anyway, after I took the above pics before lunch yesterday, I kept sneaking out of the office back to the shop so that I could complete these. Believe it or not, it took a little time to fabricate the two angles of the side of each pedal, countersink, deburr and rivet the pedals together then get the throw just right so both pedals sat neutral. http://rvflying.tripod.com/fuselage11.jpg Anyway, it sure is fun to open the shop door and see this big ol thing sitting there. As a note, I have had to fabricate more little parts so far than I had to in the entire emp. and wings together. Can I call myself a measely little tiny bit airplane builder?? How he sells this whole thing including all hardware, brakes, tailwheel, fittings, canopy, rivet, nut bolt and every little fitting you can imagine for 17.9 I'll never know. Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY RV-7 slider/fuselage Finish kit ordered!! Buying Instruments http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
