Time to start building the fuselage.
The first of the engine pylon frames.
As always, advice from others told me to stuff a hunk of foam into the tail boom tube to stop drafts.
After adding a nutplate I hung the boom from the rafters
and attached the front to the bulkhead assembly. Surprisingly small (AN4-7) bolts.
Before I started the rest of the frame I had ordered 4' of 1" nylon rod. A friend turned it down to 0.89" and I got to learn how to use a lathe and further turned various pieces down to .86", .74" and .64".
These pieces are cut down further, drilled for a bolt and inserted into the ends of the frame tubing.When I take the stab and elevator apart for the LSA reinforcement parts I'll add them in too.
This keeps the tubing from being inadvertently crushed when bolts are tightened too much. Here the boom support tubes have been fitted to the cluster bracket.
This was a good, relaxing day. A couple friends stopped by occasionally to help and talk, it was one of the last sunny days so I had the doors open, and after pushing my knee too hard in a PT exercise last week it was feeling pretty good again.The wood floor was a great idea.
The first of the engine pylon frames.
As always, advice from others told me to stuff a hunk of foam into the tail boom tube to stop drafts.
After adding a nutplate I hung the boom from the rafters
and attached the front to the bulkhead assembly. Surprisingly small (AN4-7) bolts.
Before I started the rest of the frame I had ordered 4' of 1" nylon rod. A friend turned it down to 0.89" and I got to learn how to use a lathe and further turned various pieces down to .86", .74" and .64".
These pieces are cut down further, drilled for a bolt and inserted into the ends of the frame tubing.When I take the stab and elevator apart for the LSA reinforcement parts I'll add them in too.
This keeps the tubing from being inadvertently crushed when bolts are tightened too much. Here the boom support tubes have been fitted to the cluster bracket.
This was a good, relaxing day. A couple friends stopped by occasionally to help and talk, it was one of the last sunny days so I had the doors open, and after pushing my knee too hard in a PT exercise last week it was feeling pretty good again.The wood floor was a great idea.
