more forward fuselage
Still working on it. Progress has been a little slow for the last week as real work got in the way. I have completed fabricating and drilling all forward fuselage parts and am now taking it all apart for deburring, machine countersinking, dimpling, priming…
I completed the rudder pedal mount setup. I drilled for three positions at about 1-1/8″ spacing from the forward most position. The last thing before disassembly was to frame up the baggage compartment. I found that Vans had mis-labeled one of the F-724 bulkheads such that I ended up with two left parts where I need a left and a right. I immediately picked up the phone and called David (RV7A builder a few blocks away a little behind me in fuselage construction). He was kind enough to lend me his F-724-R from his kit while Vans ships a new one to me. It sure is nice that the -7 and -9 use most of the same fuselage parts. With the baggage bulkheads done, I moved on to the side skins. I didn’t notice any mention in the instructions as to the need to trim them but they clearly have to be trimmed to fit. I actually haven’t looked at the instructions in many weeks. Really all they say at this point is something like “build the airplane as shown on the plans”.
Before disassembly, I made some notes and marks for some final bend adjustments that I want to make on the lower aft of the forward side skin. How about some pictures.
