SECTION 32: TAILCONE ATTACHMENT: Difference between revisions
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* Use plastic wedges to guide the tailcone bottom skin to go above the fuselage bottom skin, e.g. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XCHZBV5 at Amazon] | * Use plastic wedges to guide the tailcone bottom skin to go above the fuselage bottom skin, e.g. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XCHZBV5 at Amazon] | ||
* Use two thin strips of aluminum (3/4 inch wide) in the bottom corner sections to guide the tabs of the tailcone to go inside the fuselage skin. | * Use two thin strips of aluminum (3/4 inch wide) in the bottom corner sections to guide the tabs of the tailcone to go inside the fuselage skin. | ||
* Use an inflated 20 inch truck inner tube underneath the fuselage center to lift the fuselage slightly allowing a swivel motion within the fuselage cradle constraints e.g. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S8GO75M at Amazon] | * Use an inflated 20 inch truck inner tube underneath the fuselage center to lift the fuselage slightly, allowing a swivel motion within the fuselage cradle constraints e.g. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S8GO75M at Amazon] | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 21 March 2022
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- Stack at floor joint from bottom to top:
- fuse skin (F-1077)
- tailcone skin (F-1078)
- bulkhead (F-1006B)
- rib tabs (e.g. F-1019-R)
- Use plastic wedges to guide the tailcone bottom skin to go above the fuselage bottom skin, e.g. at Amazon
- Use two thin strips of aluminum (3/4 inch wide) in the bottom corner sections to guide the tabs of the tailcone to go inside the fuselage skin.
- Use an inflated 20 inch truck inner tube underneath the fuselage center to lift the fuselage slightly, allowing a swivel motion within the fuselage cradle constraints e.g. at Amazon