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Date:  10-12-2008
Number of Hours:  6.00
Manual Reference:  8-15
Brief Description:  Bent the lower and auxiliary longerons

Bent and twisted the lower longerons and added a curve to the auxiliary longerons. The digital level really came in handy here to measure the angles.

The auxiliary longeron on DWG 66 doesn't show the center line for the rivets so I e-mailed Van's and was told that it should be midway between the OUTSIDE of the vertex and the edge of the longeron. The problem is that if I Cleco the longeron in position behind the F-802D-1 Landing Gear Box Plate with the bottom edge flush against the top edge of the F-802S-1 spacer, the line is not centered in the holes. After some input from fellow builders on VAF, I re-marked the centerline midway between the INNER vertex and the outside edge and it worked out fine.

Bent a curve in the top portion of the center section side plates, landing gear box plates and upper longeron gussets.

Added a radius to the edges of the longeron gussets where they nest in the center section bulkheads.
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Twisting the forward angle of the lower longeron

Twisting the forward angle of the lower longeron

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RH lower longeron in position

RH lower longeron in position

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Bent auxiliary longerons and side plates / gussets

Bent auxiliary longerons and side plates / gussets

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