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While doing layouts for the fuselage side skins earlier today, I decided to throw together this little bit of javascript
to help me calculate rivet spacing's. Not everything is a nice multiple of 20 or 40 millimeters.
I have a web server on my home network so I can bring this up in my IPad while I am in the shop.
Enter the distance and the desired rivet spacing. The page will print out the hole locations at or under
the desired rivet…
ContinueAdded by Damon Brantley on March 27, 2016 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment
I have been experimenting the last few weeks trying to figure out how to best create the joggles to go over the .093 longerons on the lower fuselage.
I tried the wood block method given in the zenith cd. I tried the slotted aluminum sheet method as I had seen on the EAA homebuilder tips videos. I tried a third method shown in the homebuilt help using a tucking fork and a hammer. I tried my vice. Perhaps it was just due a lack of skill on my part, but the joggles I got…
ContinueAdded by Damon Brantley on March 13, 2016 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments
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