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Date:  9-14-2012
Number of Hours:  10.00
Manual Reference:  7-1
Brief Description:  Shaping fuselage floor exterior

Shaping the bottom of the floor.

Given the plans had a 1.6" thick floor. I used 2" which allowed more shaping and a greater curve on the bottom.

I first made a mock nose using the A plans sheets for the size. This way I could match the curve of the nose that will be built later. I spent a couple of days removing 0.4" at each end and blending into a usable curve as shown in pic 2 below.

This was just adjusting the bottom (or top in the photos) using a large sanding stick. The idea was to get these angles as correct as I could before beginning to shape the sides.
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Fuselage with mock nose

Fuselage with mock nose

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Bottom of aircraft blended to F22

Bottom of aircraft blended to F22

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Wide view of bottom trimmed.

Wide view of bottom trimmed.

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