>>I have my cockpit module in the fuselage and the small layups
around the firewall, the spar holes and the real bulkhead are done
and tomorrow the firewall will be cut out.<<
It's worth getting as much as possible of the syatems into the "bathtub" before
you bond on the top. Especially the elevator trim. Get it all set up and working
with the right deflections at full forward and full back trim. It is a pain
working through small holes at the back, or worse, crawling in to the back.
Be very careful where you put any inspection holes, at all costs don't cut
through the fuselage joint. It forms a vital longeron. Best and safest place is
below the leading edge of the tail, just in front of the rear bulkhead.
It is possible to fit the lift pin sockets and rig the airplane before putting
the top on. The plans don't suggest it but that was the original plan. I did it
that way.
Graham
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