Hello John, and net. I don't know if anyone came out with a straight answer but this is what I did. and. Should have done. I left my fuselage on the table upside down with a temporary brace just past where the doublers would stop. I also installed a temp brace where the widest point would be. I then skinned the bottom and turned the fuselage before the glue had lots of time to set up. That way the glue would form a fillet at the bottom cross members. I had to remove the temp brace at the widest point before installing the top crossmembers and the fuselage reshaped itself. This actually went to a shape I could live with. Then I had to install a temp brace on the vertical members just below the longerons in order to keep the shape I needed while I installed the doublers. If I do it again I will install the temporary braces in that same location (Fuselage upside down on the table. ) with the braces just off the table by about 1.25 inches. That way I wouldn't have to remove them until the entire top crossmembers were complete.
Steven Phillabaum KR2S; 5048; corvair; Auburn, Alabama ---- "jg7...@mindspring.com" <jg7...@mindspring.com> wrote: > HI Guys, > Just wanted to ask a quick question. I am about to install the bottom skin > on my fuselage, but before I do i would like to know what you all did to hold > the shape of the fuselage top untill you can install the doubler? Since I > can't install the rest of the bracing untill the doublers are in place I was > afraid that the fuselage would loose its shape before it was glued up. PLease > let me know what you did. > > John Godwin > jg7...@mindspring.com > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
