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Home - RV-9A: Tailcone
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7/13/2008 - Getting strung out on stringers
OK, let me paint you a picture. My wife and kiddo went to a party, leaving me home alone to work for 5 HOURS in the garage! I was really excited about working on the tailcone, seeing something come to ... read more
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7/15/2008 - Ah-ha! I figured out the J-Stringers thing
 I figured that if I just clecoed things together, the answer to the J-Stringer cuts would become obvious. I found that the forward ends of all 6 J-St ... read more
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7/21/2008 - All clecoed together and ready for final drilling
After I figured out the J Stringers, I clecoed everything together.
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7/25/2008 - Getting ready for the final drilling of the skins
The instructions talked about a plumb-bob for keeping things in line, but I decided to use my digital level to make sure things were sitting level for the final drilling. It seems to me that the most ... read more
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8/14/2008 - Finished final drilling all of the Tailcone holes
This took quite a while to giter' done. I used a regular car crawler to drill the bottom of the tailcone. I marked as I drilled to make sure I got all the holes done.
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8/17/2008 - Started work on the F-779 tail bottom skin
I deburred the holes and sanded the edges of the F-779. Now it's time for the old C-Frame whackarama. I have plenty of these chunks of 4 inch foam laying around. They're perfect for holding whatever y ... read more
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8/21/2008 - Finished work on the F-773-L side skin
I taking my time (as you well noticed) working on this tailcone. I'm doing each individual part one piece at a time, rather than moving the parts around for deburring, sanding, dimpling, priming, etc. ... read more
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8/28/2008 - Finished the F-773-R right side skin
Here's the F-773-R side skin, ready to go, all deburred, dimpled and primed.
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8/30/2008 - Started riveting the most aft bulkhead assemblies
Here's where I get a little confused. The instructions say to "Debur the structure and skins, dimple as required, and cleco the rear fuselage back together". Then it says to rivet the F-712 and F-711 ... read more
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9/1/2008 - Ready for riveting!
I noticed on a lot of other builders websites that they flipped the tailcone over for riveting. Sounds good to me. I'm glad I bought the Avery pneumatic cleco tool. That's a lot clecos! By the time I ... read more
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