I have have neglected this blog and have to make up now. To my defense, these three pages did not present any big challenge, just some cumbersome process and adjustments that are not worth elaborating because each builder will have to go through them on his own term.
Just for the sake of good recording, let's display these pages.
Page 23-03:
Page 23-04:
Page 23-05:
Page 23-06: By far the most challenging because it's where everything comes together. Some filing was necessary to get the longeron flush with the roll bar attach plate. VANs asked for making everything aligned but does not specify how to do it. After analyzing the problem it became clear that a bit of filing was required. Filing being irreversible you always want to tip-toe into it, think twice and file once!
And here is where I stand now:
Rear View:
Front View:
You see the side skin with the openings for the wing. Unfortunately the opening for the wing spar is barely visible even when enlarging. It was created in page 23-05 by cutting into the skin with... snippers!
Note the step at the bottom of the fuselage. It will be used to step into the plane with the wing as the next step before stepping inside.
In the front is the lower part of the firewall.
In summary, I have the lower half of the fuselage completed, next comes the roll bar structure for the upper half.
For the anecdote a passer-by asked me if I was building a boat and it's true that at this stage the fuselage looks more like a boat, albeit an expensive and unduly complicated one!
Page 23-03:
Page 23-04:
Page 23-05:
Page 23-06: By far the most challenging because it's where everything comes together. Some filing was necessary to get the longeron flush with the roll bar attach plate. VANs asked for making everything aligned but does not specify how to do it. After analyzing the problem it became clear that a bit of filing was required. Filing being irreversible you always want to tip-toe into it, think twice and file once!
And here is where I stand now:Rear View:
Front View:
You see the side skin with the openings for the wing. Unfortunately the opening for the wing spar is barely visible even when enlarging. It was created in page 23-05 by cutting into the skin with... snippers!Note the step at the bottom of the fuselage. It will be used to step into the plane with the wing as the next step before stepping inside.
In the front is the lower part of the firewall.
In summary, I have the lower half of the fuselage completed, next comes the roll bar structure for the upper half.
For the anecdote a passer-by asked me if I was building a boat and it's true that at this stage the fuselage looks more like a boat, albeit an expensive and unduly complicated one!
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