A 0.25″ diameter, 12″ long drill bit was inserted through the existing holes in the forward landing gear bulkhead and, using the inside plywood corners as guides, 0.25″ holes were drilled through the hard points in the aft bulkhead. The 8″ x 8″ squares were knocked out and glue scraped off of the bulkheads.
Workshop temperature was 25 deg C and 47% humidity. 15g Resin was mixed with 6g hardner and flox. Flox was applied to all mating surfaces between the fuselage sides and the front landing gear bulkhead. The bulkhead was positioned in place, and centerline verified. It was blocked into position and left to cure.
Trimmed and sanded the aft landing gear bulkhead taped corners. Positioned the forward landing gear bulkhead in place 8 inches forward of the aft landing gear bulkhead and centred it. Lots of sanding to get it in the right location.
Verified that the 0.25″ drill bit touches both pieces of wood when pushed through the 0.25″ hole in each of the forward landing gear bulkhead hardpoints. This ensures that the front and aft landing gear bulkhead holes will be aligned once the aft bulkhead holes are drilled. Removed the temporary blocks used to position the …
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Preparations to install the forward landing gear bulkhead completed. Four 8″ x 8″ squares were cut out of plywood. The squares were hot glued to the forward landing gear bulkhead to ensure that it will be located 8″ forward of the aft landing gear bulkhead and to assist in aligning the 0.25″ drilled holes between …
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