Nose floor (6.5 hrs)
In the heat of the moment I forgot that I had enlarged the fuselage, and neglected to enlarge the nose bulkheads... Doh!
I considered increasing the size of the bulkheads, and even remaking them, but after working out the lines over the plans, I realized that the changes to the nose shape were very minimal. Hopefully it will still look svelte.
Because of this, I enlarged only the rear portion of the floor piece...
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| Modified floor plan dimensions |
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| Duplicating the floor |
... then went to work carving the front depression.
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| Deciding on a cut line |
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| There's nothing subtle about this! |
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| Making the depression symmetric |
After mixing up some micro, I attached the foam floor pieces to the nose frame.
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| Getting ready to glue the foam to the fuselage |
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| Duct tape and wood holding the foam in place while the micro cures |
In order to provide a clearer surface for bonding, I elected to remove the bottom NG-8 bolt.
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| Depression clears the lower NG-8 bolt |
I turned a couple of old bolts down to a point on the lathe, this will help spread out the glass weave as it is being laid over the hole, and prevent epoxy from filling it.
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| Yes, I did poke myself on accident. More than once. |
I did the same for the actuator bracket's bottom bolt.
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| More blood drawing spikes |
A piece of paper served as a pattern for cutting the fiberglass.
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| Paper template |
The foam was prepped with micro-slurry, and a fillet of dry micro softened all corners.
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| Micro-slurry closing the foam pores |
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| Micro fillet |
Then it was glassing time.
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| Fiberglass connecting the floor to NG-30, the front bulkhead, and the fuselage. |
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| Layup complete |
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| Peel-ply added |
The next morning I ripped the peel-ply, and sanded the rough edges.
Nose floor... ✔
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