Buggsy2
Well Known Member
I'm confused by a channel I just removed from the fuselage in my RV-9A QB TipUp build. I cannot find it anywhere in the plans, but it's hard to believe it was meant to serve only as a shipping brace and is now surplus. It was attached with a couple of pop rivets each side so clearly is meant to be removed and then either permanently attached or discarded.
The link below is to 3 photos, two showing detail of how the ends were attached (4 holes match 4 holes in the channel, the channel is now loose and lower in the photo), the other showing where it was in the fuselage:
I'm now building the sub-assembly for the TipUp and cannot figure out if this channel is used, and if so, how. I can't see it in any drawing. Can't see how it would fit with the sub-assembly either without some cutting. So what's it for?
The link below is to 3 photos, two showing detail of how the ends were attached (4 holes match 4 holes in the channel, the channel is now loose and lower in the photo), the other showing where it was in the fuselage:
I'm now building the sub-assembly for the TipUp and cannot figure out if this channel is used, and if so, how. I can't see it in any drawing. Can't see how it would fit with the sub-assembly either without some cutting. So what's it for?