https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/Recent content in Fuselage on 4 Sierra TangoHugoen-USTue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/the-quickbuild-kit-arrives/Sun, 09 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/the-quickbuild-kit-arrives/Our quickbuild kit arrived November 11th, 2002. Wings and all. I recruited a couple of buddies from work to help unload it from the Roadway truck. We had som…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/interior-topcoat/Sun, 09 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/interior-topcoat/Didn’t take any pictures of us actually laying on the topcoat, but here are some finished shots. The grey matches the middle of the seats. Coincidence? Nope….https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-05-09/Sun, 09 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-05-09/Yesterday, I didn’t get to go to the hangar because I thought I’d keep ‘her indoors’ sweet by taking her flower shopping, and then planting them all with her…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-05-16/Sun, 16 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-05-16/Some of this 5 hours was spent douing electrical, so you can look there to see what’s been going on… Nothing smoking yet!https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-07-18/Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-07-18/Here are the shots as promised of the centre console that I’m trying to develop. I’m hoping to put the throttle just aft of the fuel selector, and then also…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-08-15/Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-08-15/Today was a fuselage day. Last night, I stopped by the hangar to measure up for a new center console design. Then, when I got home, I hit the CAD tube, and r…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-08-17/Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-08-17/By popular demand from the RV-List, I took some better photos of the Matco parking brake valve, and the external stop I made as part of the doubler to the fi…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-10-10/Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-10-10/Cameron came by today to prime some parts, so I quickly prepped the fuselage skin behind the canopy and it’s stiffeners so I could shoot them at the same tim…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-10-24/Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2004-10-24/Cameron was by today, so I took advantage of him by getting him to drive all the rivets for the turtledeck skin. This took us quite a while, with me inside b…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-20/Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-20/Today was the day I had to start the centre console plug. I can’t really get the inside of the plane finished now without having the centre console in place….https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-22/Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-22/Tonight on the way home I stopped by the hangar to check the console for fit in the plane. I had to trim a bit off the piece that is going to form the top, b…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-23/Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-23/Tonight I stopped by the hangar again to trim up the rear triangular pieces to the exact size. I wasn’t there long! Then once I got home, I put them onto the…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-24/Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-24/Over the last few days, I’ve been tinkering with the centre console at home. This has basically involved some filling and sanding, filling and sanding. Why d…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-28/Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-03-28/I’ve been making steady progress on the centre console for the last week in the evenings when I get home. I’ve been doing a bit here and a bit there, wheneve…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-03/Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-03/Today was the day I found out that fibreglass is not my bag…. The stuff truly does suck. Anyways, not to be to discouraging, I learned a lot today. One is,…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-04/Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-04/Last night after footy (soccer), I went to the hangar to inspect the console… It seemed OK, so I pressed on and laid up the front half. Then, went home to…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-08/Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-08/Tonight, I spent a bunch of time fixing up the plug for the centre console and also the instrument panel. I basically cleaned it all up, filled any voids tha…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-09/Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-09/Today was the day where I was going to do this thing properly. I got to the hangar this afternoon later than I’d have liked, but I still made significant pro…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-10/Sun, 10 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-10/Today, I laid up the other big side of the mould, and reinforced all the corners. I added an extra layer of fat mat all over too, except for the big side I d…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-11/Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-11/Last night after football (soccer), I stopped by the hangar to lay up the final piece of fat mat to the large area of the mould. It didn’t take long. These a…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-18/Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-18/Over the last couple of days I’ve stopped off at the hangar to wrap up the centre console mould. First I finished up the front half fibreglassing, then tonig…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-24/Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-04-24/On a more positive note (see Fuselage 4 for the negativity), I trimmed up the centre console mould and it’s looking good. I also connected the two halves tod…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-01/Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-01/I also spent a couple of minutes filling up any voids on the centre console mould today. There wasn’t very many, and I mixed up way too much micro for the ta…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-08/Sun, 08 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-08/After I’d done painting the panel, I started on the centre console again. First task was to wax it WELL. So, a couple of coats and a buff between each, and t…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-15/Sun, 15 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-15/Last night, I spent a couple of hours wet sanding thepanel, ready for when the rub down transfers arrive. They’ve been made now and sent, so they should be h…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-22/Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-22/I accomplished a heck of a lot today, and it made me feel good after yesterday’s panel disaster. The whole day was spent on the centre console, and it’s real…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-23/Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-23/I stopped by the hangar as promised this evening on my way home, and sure enough, the part was ready! First I removed the front portion of the mould. It came…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-30/Mon, 30 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-30/After getting back from a weekend in Chicago (went to see England play USA at footy, and see family), I went to the hangar to do some more console work. I go…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-31/Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-05-31/Today was a long day at the hangar! Probably one of the longest I’ve put in for some time. It’s nice to have a long weekend, and we got today off as well! Bo…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-06-05/Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-06-05/Over the course of last week, I put in some orders for various bits that need sorting out. I ordered a bunch of fittings from Spruce, and the banjo adapters…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-06-12/Sun, 12 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-06-12/It was pretty humid today, so it wasn’t very nice at the hangar at all. To top it off, I didn’t have the camera with me. It was in the car, but my wife took…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-06-19/Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-06-19/In between FADEC wiring, I painted the tail wheel spring again to cover up the band that I missed last time. The weather today has been great, and the paint…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-16/Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-16/After I did the washers for the panel, I moved onto the fuel pump assembly. Namely, putting it in the plane proper and routing a fuel line from the pump forw…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-17/Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-17/This weekend has been a pretty good one at the hangar. It’s been pretty warm, yesterday was rainy so it was horribly humid. Today was much better though, whi…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-18/Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-18/This evening, I stopped by the hangar to apply colour to all the parts I primed on Sunday. Nearly everything got painted the same colour as the interior of t…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-24/Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-07-24/Over the course of this week, I did some wet sanding at home of some of the parts I painted over the weekend. The orange peel was so bad coz of the humidity…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-08-07/Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-08-07/This evening, I messed about putting the trim indicators into the centre console faceplate. Here’s a pic, just for the heck of it. I still have to do some la…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-09/Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-09/Today, I finally got round to putting the longer bolt in on the throttle quadrant for the friction lock. I’m a bit of a dummy though as I forgot completely t…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-13/Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-13/I needed to epoxy in some nuts to use for the screws that hold the faceplates on the centre console. I finally got round to doing this today too. It’s not pr…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-16/Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-16/I spent the whole day working on centre console stuff, mainly getting all the control cables figured out. I received my order from Van’s that consisted of a…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-23/Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-10-23/Continuing on with the fuel lines… These were a right royal pain in the arse! I got my order through from Aircraft Spruce which had some more fuel line in…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-11-06/Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2005-11-06/While we were mucking about with the cowling top, I decided now would be a good time drill the firewall flange across the top of the nose. I drilled, Steve c…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-01-22/Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-01-22/Time to make sure everything on the fuselage is ready for the wings. Something that needed to be done was the AOA Pro tubing. I made another hole in the side…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-02-05/Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-02-05/Other things that needed to be done before the wings go on were the tank brackets, and the gussets to the spar.https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-02-10/Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-02-10/I went to the hangar this evening to do a bit more preparation for getting the wings on for good. First thing I did was cut off the all that 3/8" tubing stic…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-02-19/Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-02-19/Since I had to mix up some proseal for the AOA ports on the wings, I figured it would be a good time to bond the OAT probe into the intake duct. While it’s n…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-04-28/Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-04-28/I came by the hangar tonight, but spent a lot of time chatting with visitors, so I can’t really put down the full 5.5 hours that I was there. I’ll be back at…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-15/Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-15/No hangar tonight, but I did do some work on the plane. I tried to do the lettering on my centre console with the Decal Pro stuff I used for my panel. I’m a…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-21/Sun, 21 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-21/Everything is done now inside the fuselage, except for putting the floors in and then the centre console, so we worked on getting the floors sorted. The floo…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-22/Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-22/Tonight, I stopped by the hangar to make the seat floors removable with the centre console in place. One seat floor spans the centre tunnel area, so I had to…https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-30/Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400https://www.4sierratango.com/build/fuselage/2006-05-30/Some more time at the hangar today! I flew the cub again first thing this morning (06:30!), and got into wheel landings. My first one was a bit bouncy, and w…