Strongback Laterals and Bulkhead Trimming

2026-04-08

Primarily worked on the strongback today. Really looking forward to starting to mount the fuselage. Mounted the lateral wood beams on the strongback. Cut the beams to size, bolted them at the correct distances from the inside of the forward firewall.

All beams cut to size.
All beams cut to size.
Leveled and fixed to the strongback.
Leveled and fixed to the strongback.
Time to leave it for today.
Time to leave it for today.

Planing 30x10mm Strips

The 30x10mm strips I prepared earlier still needed to be planed to thickness in the 30mm dimension. Had to stop traffic occasionally to get the 4.5m strips fed into the planer...

Feeding the planer from the street.
Feeding the planer from the street.

Trimming Bulkheads

Bulkheads C6, C7, C8, and C9 still needed the 2mm plywood to be trimmed.

Trimming on the router table.
Trimming on the router table.

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