Hull Attach, cut gear holes in hull – 11/27/2015

We worked 6 hours today and made some good visible progress!

 

Spent a lot of time with levels trying to make sure the frame was the same height on both sides.

 

Drilled stringer holes to attach hull using a right angle air drill.

Space is pretty tight, good luck using a normal drill!

 

We made plastic spacers to fit between the stringers and channel brackets out of UHMW plastic

 

 

Suspended from the ceiling – first flight

 

 

First use of clecoes.  It ain’t an RV.  Sometimes we use the deburring tool.

 

Directions on how to measure and cut the gear leg openings

 

marking the gear leg holes, 4.75″ below the bar

 

 

Here’s the air saw we used.

 

 

I get to do the scary “you just wrecked the hull” cut!

 

Used the vacuum as carbon fiber dust is not good to breathe

Here’s why you want to make sure to regularly inspect the boots for the gear and elevator.  Your plane can sink while it is tied up to a dock

 

 

Who needs paper manuals?  We’re building a laptop holder.