Saturday, July 14, 2012

Adding some firewall framework and stuff

So to eliminate the square area of the forward fuselage at the firewall, I needed to add some framework to the front of the airplane to give it more "shape".  At the bottom this will allow clearance for the exhaust to clear out of the fuselage and not be hanging out in the breeze.  It creates a "tunnel" in this regard.  At the top of the firewall area I added a curved piece of steel to give a slightly rounded or curved shape to the front.  This will allow the cowling to fit better, and overall look a little better than just being a box. I also had to finish building the landing gear mount for the the front of the plane and eventually a motor mount. After completing this I worked on creating a firewall out of some stainless steel.






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