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Buck's RV-8
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Date: 7-20-2009
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Number of Hours: 4.00
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Brief Description: Aft bulkhead; AHRS mount; empennage prep
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After handling, thinking about, modifying, and finally scrapping and fabricating a new copy of the aft upper fuselage bulkhead (F-810A), it finally got installed and riveted in place today. Hallelujah. Onward and upward.
I painted the two spacers that go under the forward spar of the horizontal stabilizer, and also touched up the aft deck. While the paint was drying, I began fabricating a mounting shelf for the AHRS that will reside behind the instrument panel. In the RV-8, space behind the panel is minimal, and this location is just about the only place I can think of that will work. I cut and bent up some 0.040" sheet, and clamped some angle to it to make a strong little platform. It will be attached to the adjacent cross-braces with as few rivets as possible.
Although I don't have a photo, my final accomplishment this evening was to mount the horizontal stabilizer to the airplane. I torqued the aft four attach nuts, and I'll have to figure out how to reach the front four nuts. I might need to insert a child or a little person into the aft fuselage. ;-)
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My old nemesis, the aft bulkhead, is finally riveted into its permanent home!
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Beginning to fabricate a mount for the dual AHRS unit.
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The AHRS mount sitting approximately where it will be installed.
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