Wednesday 26 March 2008

March 26th 2008 - More diagonals and internal cross members

Finished installing and tack welding the lower diagonals and completed the upper ones up to station 78. Installed two internal cross members. Another interesting cluster to weld (station 78 lower port side). The rudder bar join is touching the lower port diagonal from station 0 to 18. I'll need to work out how to solve this. Once the windscreen diagonals and the structure over the passenger cell are complete I will release the fuselage from the building board to complete the rest of the internal structure. It looks like it makes sense to finesse the length of the internal tie bars to get the door opening into a shape that will make it easier to construct the door and get a good fit.
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