Bringing rear and centre fuselage into alignment

7 months ago

| Working on: Fuselage

This is an ongoing process.

The rear fuselage is on one castored table, the centre fuselage is on another.

The tables are slowly rolled together, making vertical position adjustments by shimming or repositioning the fuselage supports

Great care to ensure these gussets mesh correctly

RH side, small misalignment of rear and side skin holes. Will upsize to 4.8mm rivets

RH side, small misalignment of rear and side skin holes. Will upsize to 4.8mm rivets, once straightness of fuselage has been confirmes

Icy-pole sticks were used to ensure correct sequencing of bottom skin layers - by far the most difficult part of this operation