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It seems like every step in building the RV has it's own little peculiarity. For the forward fuselage stiffeners, the peculiarity is the angle clips -- one for each side. No big deal, really, but for some reason I had a hard time with them. I ended up making five of the buggers! First of all, you have to make a left and a right version. I made two lefties. Then I didn't notice on the drawings that the width of the horizontal surface at the forward end is not the same as the aft end. Finally, when fashioning the angle clips, I just went ahead and drilled the holes in them according to the drawings. My advice, learned the hard way, is not to drill them until later.

December 19, 2005 - Fwd Fuse Stiffener
The next component to work on was the forward fuse stiffener. I trimmed and filed the ends a little, then drew a line down the center, then taped it to the skin so that the line showed through the skin holes. Then I drilled and clecoed. Standard.

It seems like every step in building the RV has it's own little peculiarity. For the forward fuselage stiffeners, the peculiarity is the angle clips -- one for each side. No big deal, really, but for some reason I had a hard time with them. I ended up making five of the buggers! First of all, you have to make a left and a right version. I made two lefties. Then I didn't notice on the drawings that the width of the horizontal surface at the forward end is not the same as the aft end. Finally, when fashioning the angle clips, I just went ahead and drilled the holes in them according to the drawings. My advice, learned the hard way, is not to drill them until later. Here I am fashioning the angle clips. I got pretty good at it.

Angle clips four and five. Looking good.

The secret to the angle clips is match-drilling them to the stiffener and firewall angle. They ended up turning out fine. I just spent way too much time on them.


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December 19, 2005 - Fwd Fuse Stiffener