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airguy · Post by **airguy** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:00 am

Pics from last night...

Post by **Spike** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:34 pm

Sweet. I am looking forward to getting to the center section.

Spike

Gregg Swartley · Post by **Gregg Swartley** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:55 am

I remember the feeling of putting the Aft, Center, and Forward Sections Together with clecos for the first time and thinking this thing is really big. With no wings on the fuselage it really looks long. Then comes when you flip it and get in.

My wife was the first into my Fuselage with me soon behind after setting the camera on the timer.

Great Progress!!

BSwayze · Post by **BSwayze** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:54 am

Greg,

It's hard to tell from looking at your pics, but if you haven't done it yet, I would recommend drilling the holes in the F-705 bulkhead now for the static line to pass through. It's not mentioned in the plans, and doing it now is much easier than it would be later on when all this is riveted together. Here are a couple pics showing how and where I did mine:

I hope that makes sense. Your work looks great!

Post by **Spike** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:03 am

Great idea Bruce, thanx!!

Spike

dons · Post by **dons** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:00 pm

Ah, so that's where all those bulkheads go I've been working on for months

I spent hours over the weekend trying to figure out where that static line is suppose to go. On the 7 plans it is shown on the left side on some drawings, and on the left on others, and nowhere in the instructions. Finally I looked through some forum postings and discovered I wasn't the only one that couldn't find the instructions.

I too am looking forward to putting those bulkheads together and then joining the sections, looks good airguy.

airguy · Post by **airguy** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:30 pm

Bruce - thanks for the tip, I'll definitely do that!

I hung the firewall this evening...

airguy · Post by **airguy** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:54 am

dons wrote: I spent hours over the weekend trying to figure out where that static line is suppose to go. On the 7 plans it is shown on the left side on some drawings, and on the left on others, and nowhere in the instructions. Finally I looked through some forum postings and discovered I wasn't the only one that couldn't find the instructions.

I've noticed as I make my way through the kit that the instructions more and more frequently "neglect" to mention certain smaller items. There are some things that the writers simply assume we will be able to figure out by this point. It took me the better part of 20 minutes to figure out whether or not I was supposed to rivet the center section bottom skin to the aft portion of the 904 at the same time I was riveting it to all the seat ribs. Likewise with the 915 side seat ribs, construction path for those is very confused. I find myself having to read and re-read the instructions sometimes several pages ahead to "get a clue" about what stage certain parts are expected to be in at that point, and then backtrack and extrapolate that to tell me what needs to be done (or not) right now.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:15 pm

Greg, looking great so far!

All, when you get to this point be sure to rivet your angles for the fuel line covers on the thick doublers on both sides of the fuse where the fuel lines exit. Also drill those fuel line holes while you are there! It will prevent alot of hassles later down the road.

Hope this helps!

CJ

Post by **Spike** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:47 am

Got a part number of something CJ so I can figure out what you are talking about?

Spike

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:57 pm

Yup! Pictures too!

This is my F-7101 web with the F-782 D angle already attached.

It is WAAAAY easier to do these things early in the game. Also drill the fuel line hole through it before it is assembled to avoid shavings falling into crevices and staying there for eternity!

I know, the last post was kinda, do the thing with the thing before you do the thing...

Is this any clearer?

CJ

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:30 pm

...or in other words, do it now so yo won't have to do this later like Mike did!

http://www.rvplane.com/?categoryid=4&dayid=492

CJ

Post by **bullojm1** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:05 pm

captain_john wrote:...or in other words, do it now so yo won't have to do this later like Mike did!

http://www.rvplane.com/?categoryid=4&dayid=492

CJ

What is this??? Pick on Mike day???

Hey CJ -- At least some of us are making PROGRESS on our project.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:04 pm

bullojm1 wrote:
captain_john wrote:...or in other words, do it now so yo won't have to do this later like Mike did!

http://www.rvplane.com/?categoryid=4&dayid=492

CJ
What is this??? Pick on Mike day???

Hey CJ -- At least some of us are making PROGRESS on our project.

Hahaha! Welcome to MY world Mikey!!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:05 pm

Hahahaha... looks like it is!!! I was surfing around your site after Chad poked ya in the other thread and saw the cluster that you had to go through in doing this job and thought that it would illustrate it well for those in process now.

...and FYI, I have installed my Andair fuel pump and am working on my systems now, AS WE TYPE! I just sent Brett at Bonaco an email to order my brake lines from him!

I also installed the clip you sent me a month ago. Thank you very much!

I am back on track!

Pics to follow!

CJ

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:38 pm

OH!

...and if anyone is considering the Andair Fuel Pump, JUST DO IT!

It is really simple to install and much more straight forward than the Airflow Performance!

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:54 pm

Brad bought one at OSH, and it looked to be about as perfect as a fuel pump can get!

Very nice!!

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