Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Fuselage, Aft Fuselage Attachment (Part 7)

Alright, to make it TREMENDOUSLY easier to install the remainder of the Aft Fuselage Attachment rivets (where all the clecos are installed in the two pictures below).....I went and got some dudes.....and we flipped the Fuselage as shown below.  The forward portion of the Fuselage is resting on one of my work tables and the aft portion is resting on one of my sawhorses.  This set up is very stable, sturdy and I like the set up.  Now, the bucker can sit in a rollie chair, in the opening for the baggage compartment area, and have access to ALL the rivet shop heads.  The shooter will also have unrestricted access to all the manufactured heads.



The picture below was taken with me sitting in a rollie chair in the baggage compartment area of the Fuselage.  See all the access the bucker will have to set all the required rivets.

The first eight rivets set (four on each side), in this orientation, are between the F-01406B Bulkhead and F-01406A Bulkheads.  Shown below is the left side and used one AN426AD4-4 and three AN470AD4-4 rivets.....

.....and the right side using the same rivet assortment.

We will continue with rivet installation during the next session.