Fuselage

       
    
<< Green  arrows - rudder cables holes;  Blue- holes for running various wires; Red - error, kinda, drawing 11 shows the nutplates, but the gear weldments cover the two inboard nutplates ... if you're building an -8a at least fit the weldments FIRST.   

Just checking the floor structure out >>

 

 

<< fitting the gear weldments to the center section ... slight radius trim on the bottom,, the weldments "relief" hole and the bottom rivet didn't line up (Red arrow),, I ended up replacing the AN470 rivet with a 426.

Longerons cut for F811 bars>

 

 

< Starting with the skin panels >
<Brackets attached to the floor structure; electric aileron trim and Digitrak autopilot.

Checking the alignment of the mid-cabin skin>

<Gusset for the  F804 and longeron 

Mid-Cabin skins: Edges rolled for F807 >

<Rear side skins going on

 

I'm out of Clecos.... and I still have the bottom and floor skins to go >> 

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