Fuselage – Page 2 – Builder's Log

Finished Left Tailcone Longeron

The left tailcone longeron was removed and deburred and countersunk where required. The aft top deck was also deburred. Then

Did the final drilling of the top skins and side skins with the left longeron. Then it was time to

Spent time today match drilling the replacement left longeron. A lot of drilling! Then I attached the two top skins,

Finished riveting stiffeners and bulkheads to the bottom tailcone skin. There were a couple of problem areas that required drilling

After finishing the rudder, I had to make a decision whether to continue in the plans and begin the horizontal

I shifted part of my work afternoon today so that I could go and pick up a package I’d been

Today was spent finishing the small tailcone bulkhead F-1010 for final assembly. First, I remade the F-1010A (Horizontal Stabilizer Attachment

Started the day by finishing deburring of the last tailcone skin, the F-1074 tailcone forward top skin. This involved the

Not too exciting, but a lot of time-consuming work done. Twelve J-channel stiffeners had to be deburred along the edges,

So, an unfortunate consequence of the original part that I remade a couple of days ago (Up Elevator Stop) is