Nathaniel and I are a little overexcited about getting inside the airplane so we can finally make airplane noises. I keep reminding him we have to put the seat in first. Looks like we are getting closer to that goal.
I had already draw all the cut lines and bend lines on the seat, so I double-checked them, cut the holes and bent it on my homemade sheet metal brake.
While I had the bottom of the forward fuselage removed, I decided to polish it. Since only insane perfectionists will ever see it closer than 200 feet away (while laying down on the hot ramp under the plane), this might be the only polish job it ever gets. I heard that corn starch helps with removing the black residue, so Nathaniel and I gave it a try. Works pretty good.
Nathaniel’s paper tower is still pretty white, but he was trying pretty hard.
It seems like he found a loose bolt, but I’m pretty sure there aren’t supposed to be any bolts right there. With the two of us working on this now, we should get the plane finished in no time.
Archie came over again and helped me rivet the last two fuselage formers in place.
This week I completely disassembled the forward fuselage, deburred them, and added a hole for the rear spar on the left side. I then reattached the sides, bolted, and riveted the skins. I started riveting the spar tunnel in place with flush rivets.
