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Old 03-31-2019, 05:05 AM
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Time to start on the fuselage. I have all of my pieces ready (including clamps) on my work table.




I took the time to place center lines on both sides of each Former which will help in alignment of the fuselage when the time comes.




Stock firewall on the left and its replacement on the right. Besides the increased thickness, note the angled bottom of the firewall to follow the bottom profile of the fuse.




It isn't the time for glue-up quite yet, its wise to dry assemble the fuse using clamps making sure all the joints fit properly. Now is the time to get it right. The construction method used on this fuselage is a lot like that used when building my Tiger 60.




No surprises with initial clamp-up. Now I need to cut and fit 1/16" birch ply to both insides of the fuselage between the firewall and F-1. This will really give much needed strength in preparation for the DLE-20.
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