Removed the weights from the 2″ and 1″ thick foam pieces and removed the nails from the birch plywood pieces now that they have all cured in place. Cut 1″ thick urethane blocks to fit outside the birch plywood pieces. Fabricated parts D from birch plywood and tapered to fit between the aft landing …
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Drilled small holes in the birch pieces for inserting nails. The nails will hold the pieces in place during cure. Vacuumed the mating surfaces of the fuselage bottom and the 1″ & 2″ NACA scoop foam blocks. Workshop temperature 27 deg C and humidity 64%. This was the first time in quite awhile that …
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Cut out birch plywood pieces to reinforce the rear bulkheads as per figures 3 and 5. Tapered the corners and edges as required, and sanded to fit.
Shaping the portion of the NACA scoop that is forward of the landing gear bulkheads: Two pieces of 2″ thick urethane foam 9″ x 15″ were cut. Two pieces of 1″ thick urethane foam 18″ x 15″ were cut. The NACA Scoop template was used to shape the four pieces. The four pieces were trial …
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Sanded the taped joints inside the fuselage. Unpacked the shipment from Aircraft Spruce Canada to verify the inventory of supplies for work on the fuselage exterior. Started working on the fuselage exterior. Created the NACA Scoop template from drawing M-16. A centreline was marked on the bottom of the fuselage and the template was positioned …
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