{"id":1688,"date":"2009-05-03T21:18:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T20:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2009-05-03T21:20:54","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T20:20:54","slug":"matchdrilled-aft-fuselage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1688","title":{"rendered":"Matchdrilled aft fuselage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I managed to get a good deal done today. I have had some trouble getting the tailcone skin to fit, like many other builders. Van&#8217;s really need to adjust the prepunched holes on this one.<br \/>\nAnyway, I started by trying to shape the skin a little, to make it fit the bulkheads better.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1689\" title=\"aft-fuselage-016-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/aft-fuselage-016-400x.jpg\" alt=\"aft-fuselage-016-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After shaping it as good as I could, I clecoed it back onto the fuselage assembly. Then I aligned the J-stringers using the centerlines I had drawn on them with the prepunched holes in the skins, and drilled every forth hole, clecoing them as\u00a0I went along.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1690\" title=\"aft-fuselage-017-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/aft-fuselage-017-400x.jpg\" alt=\"aft-fuselage-017-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I managed to get the forward half of the tailcone skin holes aligned pretty well, but the aft holes were way off&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1691\" title=\"aft-fuselage-018-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/aft-fuselage-018-400x.jpg\" alt=\"aft-fuselage-018-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1692\" title=\"aft-fuselage-019-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/aft-fuselage-019-400x.jpg\" alt=\"aft-fuselage-019-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I desided to pull the skin down as tight as I could, drill the holes with #40, then enlarge them all to #30. I have seen others do this getting a pretty nice result. Here is the result, note all the 1\/8&#8243; cobber clecoes. It turned out pretty good so far.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1693\" title=\"aft-fuselage-020-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/aft-fuselage-020-400x.jpg\" alt=\"aft-fuselage-020-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After that I matchdrilled the remaining holes and took it all apart again. Ready for deburring!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1694\" title=\"aft-fuselage-021-400x\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/aft-fuselage-021-400x.jpg\" alt=\"aft-fuselage-021-400x\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style3 like-1688 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='1688' data-nonce='7d4a261b5c' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-1688 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-1688 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I managed to get a good deal done today. I have had some trouble getting the tailcone skin to fit, like many other builders. Van&#8217;s really need to adjust the prepunched holes on this one. Anyway, I started by trying to shape the skin a little, to make it fit the bulkheads better. 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