Flying Scotsman
Well Known Member
Starting work on the wings on my -7A, and we're recalling the pretty edge finishing job that Van's subcontractor did on my neighbor's -8 fuselage. Where the skins overlapped on that fuse, they did a really nice job of beveling the last 1/16" or so, perfectly evenly all along the edge, so that the overlap was clean and neat and sort of "faired in" from the upper to the lower skin. Wondering if anyone knows how that's done? I can see how you could build a jig of sorts for smaller pieces, but how would you do that for a big ol' piece of sheet metal like a wing or fuselage skin? (I'm assuming that some of you know what I'm talking about here, even if I didn't describe it very well?). Obviously, I'd like to apply such a technique, if possible, to the skins on the -7...
TIA!
Steve
TIA!
Steve