This section references installing the battery bulkhead, installing the oil cooler, and the appendix (installing the landing light). All of these items were started during our Head Start trip. Battery Tray Landing Light and Oil Cooler Inlet Oil Cooler Internal Detail Oil Cooler Detail – Tongue Depressors to Conform Shape to Fuselage
Read MoreMost of this chapter was done as part of our Fast Build Fuselage. In fact, the bolt hole in the nose that is referenced in this chapter for all of the measurements was already removed and the nose closed up prior to taking delivery. Of note, the canard bulkhead is 39 1/2″ aft, the instrument […]
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Once the control assembly was installed we permanently installed the keel with structural adhesive and rivets. The manual recommends also installing the speed brake mounting channel to the keel prior to permanently affixing it, and I would recommend this in hindsight, but this is the way Frank recommended it during Head Start. Also installed in the keel is […]
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