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Cowl - Nosebowl plug that skins were laid up on, mocked up air intakes

 

 


Door - early door construction. The steel piece cut out for the door is being put back
into the door itself and will have a sliding square bolt that when pushed home puts the steel
piece back in the gap giving back the compressive strength and locking the pilot firmly
In the plane

 

 

Door - shows the square piece back in place when the door is closed

 

Door - the Square bolt is slid into the fuse frame locking it all together

 

The mocked up door in place

 


The door hinges themselves are small because they never carry any load. They
Just keep the door from falling off onto the ground. The square bolts take all the load

 

Flaps & Ail. Nose - this is a trimmed molded nose cover sitting on the mold

 

Flap & Ail. Nose - trimmed piece sitting next to the aileron prior to bonding on

 

Frame tabs - the whole frame was jig welded, tabs added later. All square tubing

 

Frame tabs - on Wheels, easier to roll around

 

Documenting construction and location of wood formers

 

Frame tabs - just a shot of the fuselage and some of the tabs

 

Measuring the step after fabrication. Didn't bother with drawings on this

 

Pilots door and nearby wood formers

 

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