Pietenpol-List: Scotty's Air Camper build in Australia
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:28 am
Original Posted By: "bubbleboy"
So, today was one of those days I finally made it to the shop, and made some goodprogress on stuff I had been dreading, like the ply covering on the rear ofthe top turtleneck behind the pilot seat. Great feeling.So what to do next while the epoxy sets...? Hummm... How about the little stripsof 1/4 x1/8 between the ply gussets on the top of the fuse toward the tail!Great... Done. Now what?Oh well, why don't I cut the 1/8" ply firewall blank. Ok! But first, lemme tacknail some 1/4" thick "spacers along the front of the fuse sides to representthe thickness of the ply side walls (not installed yet) so I don't make the firewalltoo narrow. Great idea. Fire up the air compressor, grab the nail gun,and pop 3 LONG nails into each of the spacers along the front strut that thefirewall will glue to. I want LONG nails so i can pull them out easily. Finishedone side. Move to the right side... Tack the top in place, now the bottom...Now one in the middle to keep it from bowing... Oh, I need to push it forwarda bit to be flush with the firewall...hold It there with your thumb, good. Needsome back pressure with your middle finger on the back side... Good now shootthe nail.Right through the wood and into that sweet, helpful middle finger, dead center.Good shot! Dead center of the meaty part of the FU finger! It'll heal, in fact,pretty much already had. But the ego.... Oh, the shame of it.I guess I didn't need all the pressure I had turned up on the compressor!!Doap.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Scotty's Air Camper build in Australia
So, today was one of those days I finally made it to the shop, and made some goodprogress on stuff I had been dreading, like the ply covering on the rear ofthe top turtleneck behind the pilot seat. Great feeling.So what to do next while the epoxy sets...? Hummm... How about the little stripsof 1/4 x1/8 between the ply gussets on the top of the fuse toward the tail!Great... Done. Now what?Oh well, why don't I cut the 1/8" ply firewall blank. Ok! But first, lemme tacknail some 1/4" thick "spacers along the front of the fuse sides to representthe thickness of the ply side walls (not installed yet) so I don't make the firewalltoo narrow. Great idea. Fire up the air compressor, grab the nail gun,and pop 3 LONG nails into each of the spacers along the front strut that thefirewall will glue to. I want LONG nails so i can pull them out easily. Finishedone side. Move to the right side... Tack the top in place, now the bottom...Now one in the middle to keep it from bowing... Oh, I need to push it forwarda bit to be flush with the firewall...hold It there with your thumb, good. Needsome back pressure with your middle finger on the back side... Good now shootthe nail.Right through the wood and into that sweet, helpful middle finger, dead center.Good shot! Dead center of the meaty part of the FU finger! It'll heal, in fact,pretty much already had. But the ego.... Oh, the shame of it.I guess I didn't need all the pressure I had turned up on the compressor!!Doap.Read this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Pietenpol-List: Scotty's Air Camper build in Australia