Turtle Deck....Aft fuselage assembly complete

So I was slacking keeping the blog going...sorry

Turtle deck fit was so far so good - I kept the rear bulkhead just clecoed for the fitting of the stabilator... just in case I need access.

couple of Flanges had to be adjusted...but I was pretty happy where the flutes were located ... only the rear bulkhead were 2 rivets boarderline on the flutes

 ... my little Hedgehog...

 so far so good ....

....10 APR 2017 .....366 hours

Cockpit - (Forward Fuselage section)

Also went pretty smooth....( a exceptiom - see below)

Sidewalls....

the Seat Support angle turn later out to be roughly 5 mm off (but acc. to plan they were at the right location) I had to make the holes into a slot to move them in the right spot....( I dont count that as a mistake on my part)

 Seat formers with the rear cross tie

 clecoed together ....hey it looks like an airplane...almost ... sort of....

 first time out in the open....

 time to move the work benches around and work upside down...
TX to my wife, we managed to flip it by ouselfs....love ya

 ...found out that the aft lower skin is about 2mm to far aft - oh well...too late to change it

 put the engine mount there to confirm it will fit and make a picture which shows "progress"...

 did already fit the glareshield and panel !!! So far I think that was one of the best ideas - dont want to do it when the fuselage is already rivetet - looked like the rivets to hold the glareshield in place would be painful to drill/updrill &deburr; At my stage I still can take everthing apart and deburr comfortably.

 my home made fluting Pliers for 6.9 Bucks from Harbour freight did just fine to bend the angle between glare and instrument panel

 took everthing apart again for deburring and while I still have room I did the ruddervators....
...24 APR2017

 ....imagine that Y-Tail....awesome

 ...my new temorary cloth rack...thats how I can sell it to my wife having it in the bedroom....

Time to uprivet the Fuselage and bring it in the upright position...

Engine mount bolts are too short on top and the lower one's are too long - ....disapointing....

05 JUL 2017....491.5 hours