December 11, 2005 - Forward Fuselage |
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| Today I drilled the longerons on the left side. | ||||||
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To keep the longeron even with the skin edge, I used the clamp with
wooden blocks so as to not scratch the angle or skin. You can see
how the F-704 side angles rest on top of the longeron.
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| I finally finished drilling the longerons. The next step was to drill the side skins and bottom skin joint. | ||||||
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It may not look like fun but it beats drilling the longerons.
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| A close look at the side skin joint. You can see they are joined by a double row of rivets. | ||||||
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| Same with the bottom skin joint -- double row of rivets. | ||||||
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| I still had more longeron drilling to do -- from the F-704 bulkhead to the forward end. I also had to trim the forward end of the longeron a little; so it was 3/4" aft of the skin. | ||||||
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The left longeron is complete!
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| A close look at the forward end of the left longeron. | ||||||
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