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Major visual progress!

This morning I set the first rivets on the nose ribs of my Bearhawk project.

one rib down. . . 169 to go :nod:

 

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That almost looks like an airplane . . .

. . . part

 

Papakeith

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almost?

 

High Lord Gomer

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Cool! Get cranking.

 

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Looks like a 2 seater for a port-a-potty. ;)

 

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My Grandpa, who is moving down here in about six months, he has built an RV-6 and an RV-4. :) He sold the 6, so now i have the amazing view of the back of his head! :nener: I love that plane though! Your on your way too being able to fly it though :nod: Oshkosh was crazy last summer! :yikes: :rotfl:

 

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Thats cool. Did you make it yourself?

 

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yep. It started it's life as a piece of sheet aluminum

 

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jackflack44 said:

Your on your way too being able to fly it though :nod:

Click to expand...

I've got a long way to go, but it's a step in the right direction.

 

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:cool:

 

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Good work PK!

 

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Nice job Keith but it's kinda like watching grass grow...:p

 

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Dude you have no idea. :ahhh:

I spent the better part of two hours last night measuring and setting up a jig so that I could place the stiffener angles on the center ribs. All of that set up is good for 12 ribs then I have to do a mirror image of it and do the other 12.

:think: so we have 22 center ribs with 4 stiffener angles each and two attachment angles. That's 132 angles just for those center ribs :yikes:

*edit*
I'll leave the old math up for the shear stupidity of it. :coocoo:

There's a bajillion fricken stiffeners. Sorry but that number is as close as I can get. :uh:

 

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12+12=22, is that metric math? Ya can't learn that stuff, ya know.

 

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now do you see why it's taking me so long? :)

:think: how about this. two on each side are doubled up so in this instance 12+12 does = 22

no? not buying that either? :fft:

 

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I didn't check his math but since you pointed that out...note to self: Don't fly with PK :laugh:

 

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who said you'd be invited? :nener: