Rear Bulkhead And Tailwheel Support Installed
Got the rear bulkhead, lower aft skin and tailwheel support done and clecoed in permanently. The bulkhead is already riveted to the lower skin. I was a surprised at how little is holding the tailwheel support to the structure. Just two AN426-4 rivets in the rear and two AN-3 bolts up front. That's it. I'd have thought it would be more tied in to the structure then that considering landing loads are going through it. I know the engineering and load analysis is there. It just isn't obvious to me. Guess I'd better make all my landings good ones! I ran out of 3/32" clecos on the fuselage but fortunately my buddy Dan has his new RV-14 at the paint shop and was happy to sell me 100 of his clecos. He'll be doing final assembly soon and I'm hoping to assist him with that.
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