chepburn
Well Known Member
Hi all,
I am in the process of drilling my fuselage longerons, and I have been looking at the roll bar - F816A L/R 1 canopy rail and the F887 L/R 1 longeron connection.
I know I have to bend the roll bar to 'fit' the gap, but, putting an AN bolt throught the inside edge of the roll bar into the F816 L/R 1 canopy rail will result in a pretty small hole edge distance for the AN bolts going through the upper longeron. It looks to me like the F816 skin has to move outboard about 3/16 of an inch to get those holes into the center of the longeron....
Now the kicker, the prepunched holes in the 816 is putting the holes too close to the edge of the longeron in my opinion. How did everyone else solve this problem? (This is the 'new' fuslage kit BTW) If I move the rails closer to the outside edge, the predilled holes on the 804C center bulkheads way out of line (1/8 inch) Do I just push realllllllly hard, or what?
Thanks for the help........
Chris
I am in the process of drilling my fuselage longerons, and I have been looking at the roll bar - F816A L/R 1 canopy rail and the F887 L/R 1 longeron connection.
I know I have to bend the roll bar to 'fit' the gap, but, putting an AN bolt throught the inside edge of the roll bar into the F816 L/R 1 canopy rail will result in a pretty small hole edge distance for the AN bolts going through the upper longeron. It looks to me like the F816 skin has to move outboard about 3/16 of an inch to get those holes into the center of the longeron....
Now the kicker, the prepunched holes in the 816 is putting the holes too close to the edge of the longeron in my opinion. How did everyone else solve this problem? (This is the 'new' fuslage kit BTW) If I move the rails closer to the outside edge, the predilled holes on the 804C center bulkheads way out of line (1/8 inch) Do I just push realllllllly hard, or what?
Thanks for the help........
Chris