SECTION 32: TAILCONE ATTACHMENT: Difference between revisions
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* Use an inflated 20 inch truck inner tube underneath the fuselage center to lift the fuselage slightly, allowing a swivel motion within the fuselage cradle constraints e.g. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S8GO75M at Amazon] | * Use an inflated 20 inch truck inner tube underneath the fuselage center to lift the fuselage slightly, allowing a swivel motion within the fuselage cradle constraints e.g. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S8GO75M at Amazon] | ||
* This is going to be the first section where you will be happy to have a creeper to get underneath the fuselage, e.g. [https://www.harborfreight.com/premium-adj-headrest-creeper-blk-58865.html this one at HF]. | * This is going to be the first section where you will be happy to have a creeper to get underneath the fuselage, e.g. [https://www.harborfreight.com/premium-adj-headrest-creeper-blk-58865.html this one at HF]. | ||
* Throughout the build, a "pallet stacker" / manual forklift comes in handy. Shown here to raise the tailcone to be level with the fuselage. They | * Throughout the build, a "pallet stacker" / manual forklift comes in handy. Shown here to raise the tailcone to be level with the fuselage. They ran around $1,000 new on ebay in 2020 but keep their value and allow you to unload the kits from the truck which makes the delivery non-residential thus saving money each time. They can also act as an engine hoist as you can lift the fork 6 feet and hang the engine from a fork. When not in use, they make an adjustable work bench. | ||
Revision as of 02:56, 29 March 2022
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When to dimple the holes marked in red? Answer: Page 32-5, step 3: Dimple all skins common to the F-1006 A, B & D bulkheads. In this case, it is the F-1006A bulkhead.
Hints
- Stack at floor joint from bottom to top:
- fuse skin (F-1077)
- tailcone skin (F-1078)
- bulkhead (F-1006B)
- rib tabs (e.g. F-1019-R)
- Use plastic wedges to guide the tailcone bottom skin to go above (inside) the fuselage bottom skin, e.g. at Amazon
- Use two thin strips of aluminum (3/4 inch wide) in the bottom corner sections to guide the tabs of the tailcone to go inside the fuselage skin.
- Use an inflated 20 inch truck inner tube underneath the fuselage center to lift the fuselage slightly, allowing a swivel motion within the fuselage cradle constraints e.g. at Amazon
- This is going to be the first section where you will be happy to have a creeper to get underneath the fuselage, e.g. this one at HF.
- Throughout the build, a "pallet stacker" / manual forklift comes in handy. Shown here to raise the tailcone to be level with the fuselage. They ran around $1,000 new on ebay in 2020 but keep their value and allow you to unload the kits from the truck which makes the delivery non-residential thus saving money each time. They can also act as an engine hoist as you can lift the fork 6 feet and hang the engine from a fork. When not in use, they make an adjustable work bench.