In preparation for glassing the fuselage sides, and subsequent work inside the fuselage, I’ve built a rotisserie so I can rotate the fuselage on its axis. The fuselage is supported by one bolt through the firewall (I will have to repair this hole later) and one bolt through F-22 where the nose gear tube will …
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Rounded the top right side of the fuselage. Started at the aft of the fuselage and worked my way towards the front. Used electric sander, palm sander, and sander blocks DD, CC, BB, and AA made previously. Sanded 1″ wide and 1/16″ thick aft of bulkhead F22 for aircraft nose installation.
Rounded the top left side of the fuselage. Started at the aft of the fuselage and worked my way towards the front. Used electric sander, palm sander, and sander blocks DD, CC, BB, and AA made previously.
Glued sandpaper onto wooden template blocks AA, BB, CC, and DD. These will be used to shape the top of both fuselage sides. Located the fuel sight guage locations on both sides of the fuselage. By shining a small light in each corner from the inside of the fuselage it is easy to then identify …
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Identified the four different curvature zones along both fuselage sides. To fabricate the four fuselage curvature templates, I began by making 4 paper templates. The paper templates were traced onto wood and cutout using the bandsaw and then sanded.
