The longerons match!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:07 pm

I did it right! Yes, I am tooting my own horn on this one! Since bending the longerons, I've wondered whether or not they came out right. There's a bunch of time between bending and fitting, but the wait is finally over!

Sweet!! All bends and curves match up as they are supposed to!

Okay...I'll stop now...

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:58 pm

Great Job!

Now when I get there in a few months, you can come and bend my longerons for me

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:50 pm

Chad, I hope mine come out that good if I ever get to them! One of these days I'll hopefully have time to get back on task. In the mean time you and CJ keep posting pictures so I know what I'm going to be working on.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:43 pm

Chad, it really does look GREAT!

Keep it up!

You are keeping me on track!

John, you need to get Luke back into the game!

CJ

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:53 pm

Thank ya boyz!! I am stoked about how this looks right now!! Yeah, that's right, I said stoked!

Seriously, this is a REALLY cool stage to be working in!

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:53 am

Chad, that is looking SO cool!

What is with the black peices though?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:58 am

Womack2005 wrote:Chad, that is looking SO cool!

What is with the black peices though?

Oh, that's just black paint. My interior is going to be black and tan, and if I don't do a full interior, I want the exposed metal to be black. I'm painting it as I go, and I'll do some touch ups later if needed.

dons · Post by **dons** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:50 pm

Really coming together Chad

allbee · Post by **allbee** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:42 pm

One area to watch out for is the front of the longerons and the firewall, don't drill any holes until the firewall is in place, yours looks like it might need to go back some more, I had a problem with the very tail section and with the bars that go into the longeron, once I had all holes filled in with kleco's that helped and then I just needed to grind off just a little off the longeron and an angle on the firewall to get the firewall all the way in possision.

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:11 pm

Looking GREAT Chad! You're going to have it on it's gear before you know it!!!

- Peter

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:15 pm

allbee wrote:One area to watch out for is the front of the longerons and the firewall, don't drill any holes until the firewall is in place, yours looks like it might need to go back some more, I had a problem with the very tail section and with the bars that go into the longeron, once I had all holes filled in with kleco's that helped and then I just needed to grind off just a little off the longeron and an angle on the firewall to get the firewall all the way in possision.

Yeah, I expect to trim an eighth to a quarter from the front. Much better to be long than short!!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:17 pm

N200PF wrote:Looking GREAT Chad! You're going to have it on it's gear before you know it!!!

- Peter

Well...I may be ready to put it on it's gear before I know it, but I won't be able to do that until the engine comes in since Egg mounts the engine in it's mount for me...