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bradfnp(at)msn.com
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 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:34 am Post subject: riveting rear fuselage |
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I am working on the rear fuselage of my XL/TD, (everything except the
turtledeck) but the manual is not specific as to when to deburr, cortec and
rivet the whole mess together. I am planning to rivet it all (L-angles to
fuselage sides, longerons, upper rudder hinge and horizontal stab brackets_
all at one time unless there would be a reason to break it down into smaller
subsets.
Any thoughts?
B. Cohen
XL/TD
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chris Sinfield
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: riveting rear fuselage |
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short answer when you run out of skin pins..
Long answer.. I did not rivet up the fuse till I was just about ready to up the canopy on.. Dont rivet the top sinks on till last minute as you will find its a lot easier to wire it up finish the inst panel ect
Chris..
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dredmoody(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:26 pm Post subject: riveting rear fuselage |
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Like everyone says, definitely leave the rear and middle top skins free until the very last moment. the rest you can do as you please when you please but make sureto jig everything up with no twist and top longerons level etc. before pulling the first rivet. Recheck that setup frequently as you rivet and you will be happy with the result.
Dred
---- Brad Cohen <bradfnp(at)msn.com> wrote:
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I am working on the rear fuselage of my XL/TD, (everything except the
turtledeck) but the manual is not specific as to when to deburr, cortec and
rivet the whole mess together. I am planning to rivet it all (L-angles to
fuselage sides, longerons, upper rudder hinge and horizontal stab brackets_
all at one time unless there would be a reason to break it down into smaller
subsets.
Any thoughts?
B. Cohen
XL/TD
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Gig Giacona
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Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: riveting rear fuselage |
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Rivet that sucker. It will make you feel so much better. As you will learn once you get to the fuselage the manual stops providing a lot of information that you might have come to expect in the wings and certainly the tail.
This is why when anyone asks if the should build the fuselage before the wings I try to warn them off.
| bradfnp(at)msn.com wrote: | I am working on the rear fuselage of my XL/TD, (everything except the
turtledeck) but the manual is not specific as to when to deburr, cortec and
rivet the whole mess together. I am planning to rivet it all (L-angles to
fuselage sides, longerons, upper rudder hinge and horizontal stab brackets_
all at one time unless there would be a reason to break it down into smaller
subsets.
Any thoughts?
B. Cohen
XL/TD |
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