{"id":1962,"date":"2009-07-25T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2010-01-08T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T20:25:29","slug":"side-skin-conical-bend-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"Side skin conical bend, day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">After yet another busy week, making a little bit of progress on the fuselage felt great. First I removed the left side skin in order to make the conical bend.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1963\" title=\"Fuselage 040 [400x]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/Fuselage-040-400x.jpg\" alt=\"Fuselage 040 [400x]\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">Then I clecoed on the piece of scrap angle I used for the other skin, this time to the lower side.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1964\" title=\"Fuselage 041 [400x]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/Fuselage-041-400x.jpg\" alt=\"Fuselage 041 [400x]\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">Then I formed the conical bend by twisting the\u00a0angle using a spanner, while pressing firmly on the sharp corner. This is what the plans call for and it worked pretty good. This time I nailed it on the first try!! \ud83d\ude00\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1965\" title=\"Fuselage 042 [400x]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/Fuselage-042-400x.jpg\" alt=\"Fuselage 042 [400x]\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1966\" title=\"Fuselage 043 [400x]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/Fuselage-043-400x.jpg\" alt=\"Fuselage 043 [400x]\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once the side skin gets dimpled, it should sit nice and flush&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1967\" title=\"Fuselage 044 [400x]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/Fuselage-044-400x.jpg\" alt=\"Fuselage 044 [400x]\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My wife paid me a visit, she&#8217;s almost 37 week along now, so fatherhood is closing in on me&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1970\" title=\"Fuselage 047 [400x]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/wp-content\/Fuselage-047-400x.jpg\" alt=\"Fuselage 047 [400x]\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With both side skins in place, it was time to get the longerons drilled to the skins. I drilled them both before calling it a day. Next up, is to start fitting the last bulkhead, the firewall! 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