Tried sending this earlier, didn't see it come back. For David Swanson and for general info: Note that the following is for my fuselage only, AND it is still under construction.
1. The longerons I got from Wicks during the '05 Fly-In (anyone remember the PVC sewer pipe tied to the roof of my mini-van?) measured 168 1/2" or 14" 1/2". 2. I am trying to make my "boat" without the "banana" so the following dimensions apply only to my fuselage. A. I first built the top frame flat on the table with the longerons bent to a fair curve, glued the doublers to them, then added all the upper lateral/diagonal stringers & gussets. The dimensions are: 162" from the front edge of the firewall to the afl edge of the tail post (tail post = fin aft spar) & 40" wide at the firewall going to 46" wide at "H*, (shoulders / seat back) (6" behind "H", wing aft spar) and then narrowing to the tail post. The longitudinal spacing is: "A" (firewall) to "B", 8", "B" to "C", 9", & "C" to "D" (wing front spar), 10", for a total of 27"; and a total of 6 - 14" bays and one 13" bay from "H" (rear wing spar) to the stabilizer forward spar with another 12" to the tail post. That took 13' 9" total of the longerons, but 1" of that is left forward of the firewall and glued to a temporary stringer to hold things together until I can add the upper firewall supports. B. I then made some simple jigs to hold the lower firewall support/compression brace/lower longerons in place above the table/upper frame and added all the lower lateral stringers. The dimensions are: 18" deep (high) at the firewall, going to 24" deep at "D", and then back down to 12" at the tail post (with the 7 degree tilt of the tail post, that makes it 160 53/64" long) & from 16" wide at the firewall to 40" wide at "H", then in to the tail post. That also took 13' 8" of the longeron material; so in my case, the downward curve of the bottom longerons makes up for the leeser outward curve. I am now in the process of adding all the vertical/diagonal stringers to connect the upper & lower frames and plan to add the bottom skin next. I'll then free the frame from the jigs, turn it right side up, and add the upper engine supports/structure and the side skins. Hoped for result: straight and flat upper longerons and a firewall at 90 degrees to the run of the upper frame. Fron the above dimensions, you can see why I call her "The Fat Lady" Allen G. Wiesner KR-2SS 1118, T/D / CorvAir 65 Franklin Street Ansonia, CT 06401-1240 203-732-0508 allenwies...@sbcglobal.net "It ain't over til the fat lady sings"
