{"id":2015,"date":"2009-10-03T18:03:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T17:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2010-01-08T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T20:25:09","slug":"making-the-f-684-gussets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rv-7.dk\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"Making the F-684 Gussets"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been spending half an hour now and then in the shop\u00a0the past week, but nothing worth posting. Today I finished the F-684 gussets, so I thought I better post a few photos..! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

First I had to drill the holes, that bolt F-717 lower\u00a0longerons to the firewall steel brackets.
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I had to modify the forward ends of the longerons a bit to make them fit.
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Both longerons drilled and temporary bolted!
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Time to make the F-684 gussets.
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Here they have been trimmed. The two flanges has to be bend a little bit to sit flush against the firewall steel bracket and angle. I just put them in my vice, and made the bends by hand. Took a few tries, but turned out nice.
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Here I have marked the gussets holes, to check for edge distance.
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Both flanges drilled. After that I repeated the whole procedure for the left side.
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With both gussets done, I started preparing the F-902 bulkheads. First I enlarged the holes for the rudder cables.
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First one deburred and fluted. No more time today…
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