Fuselage : Bulkheads B & C

Side cockpit angle extends beyond Bulkhead C to tie cockpit forward area to tailcone

Side view of side cockpit angle extending beyond Bulkhead C to tie cockpit area to tailcone; also with aluminum shim to sculpt cabin side skins so that they have a more rounded shape.

View from inside cockpit, looking up under the rear end of the top longeron angle, at bulkhead 'C'.

No side cabin skin here; view looking up under the side angle from bay A - B. Instrument panel is on left, bulkhead side 'B' showing tab attached to bottom of Instrument panel flange.

No cabin side skin here; looking from outside in to bulkhead 'B' and front of control stick torque tube. (The two vertical pieces are unknown, but suspect that he is going to try a motorcycle style lever on the stick for brakes, as some ultra light planes have done; so, these might be the brake line sheaths.) Note the tabs for the cabin side riveting.

Forward end of the instrument panel (bulkhead 'B') cowl. Edge has a 2nd piece riveted under to allow skin wrap to lay flat over tank area.

View from under the instrument panel cowl. Stick is in the foreground

Baggage compartment at Bulkhead 'C'. Will hold my flight bag and other "light" stuff. Your center of gravity on the Teenie may be borderline if you're not careful, so don't mess it up more by filling the compartment up with your lunch and heavy things and then burn off your full tank of fuel!

Here is a view from inside the tank bay (between bulkheads A and B), looking at the back of the instrument panel (bulk-head B); Look closely and you might see the are where I split the angle longeron right where it passes the instr. panel. To strengthen the split, I added a top and bottom splice (1/8" alum on bottom; .060" steel on top) held with 2 AN-3 bolts. This split allows the longeron to bend to make the shape of the fuselage flow smoothly from front to back. The fluted (rippled) edge on the front edge of the cowl over the instr. panel allows the fuselage to taper.

Here is a clip that I added between the top longeron angle and the seat back bulkhead ('C'). It helps when you are putting everything together to attach this trailing end of the angle to this point. Note that my angles are tilted in (canted in). This helps to shape the fuselage nicely and eliminates the need to make a long shim at the top of the cabin side to prevent the side skin from 'drawing in' because of the tight pull of the rivets. Hector made the shim (it is a lot of work, but my method means that the angles will be canted in at the front, too. Another problem when working around the firewall area.)

I make the both laterals of bulkhead "C" more high that in plans, and to take down the superior (and round of ).This, give me one inch more at my shoulders heigt.I have to make a cut in the lower part of the lateral sides of bulkhead "B" and "C" because Iturn inside out the both ribs of seat.

Here, I put the skin from "C" to future "D", and only fix to bulkhead "C"

I put 3 bars a long of"C" to "E", to form the bulkhead "D".Note that now, the skin is cut of and fix.Now you can take the exact form of bulkhead "D", making a pattern of carboard.

The cover for the fuel tank area ahead of bulkhead B has been joggled to allow a flush fit.

This is bulkhead C looking from behind. I have added an extruded angle behind C that ties in with the side rail top angles.With this, and the bolts that hold the same angle at bulkhead A, I had no trouble getting the angle to bow nicely and tilt inwards slightly to follow the fuselage curve.

Bottom view of bulkheads A and B.

View of nose area.

Same shot, different angle.

Not a very clear picture but shows cutout in side rails as per plans.

Angle support behind bulkhead C.

Seat belt fixing on rear spar/bulkhead C.

Vista lateral de la conexión de la cuaderna "B" a la parte frontal del larguero.A la izquierda se ve la conducción del tubo pitot en aluminio anodizado de 6mm con sus correspondientes arandelas de protección cuando cruza las costillas(gromets).Note como está recortada la parte inferior de la cuaderna "B" , debido a la inversión hacia afuera de la costilla.

Cuadernas "B" ; "C" y "E" en construcción.

ANTES de hacer el conformador de los laterales de la cuaderna "C" mida el largo que éstos deben tener, para que los ángulos laterales fijen en el sitio en que éstos se unen con la parte superior de la cuaderna.En mi caso he redondeado un poco ésta cuaderna y la he hecho un poco mas baja.Haga solo UN conformador de los laterales de la cuaderna

Yo coloqué tres remaches para coger el ángulo al larguero. Atentos con el largo de los remaches!

Los cables son para los frenos del tren principal que estoy montando con una leva en el stick.Tambien se ve la pequeña modificación que he hecho en la barilla de enpuje del control de la profundidad

Bagage compartment finished

My future instrument panel. Big holes; Altimeter, Air Speed 20-200MPH. Small holes: left to right; Volt meter, oil pressure, oil temp., EGT/CHT. Two square ones are for air vents.

I did a wood mock-up first and sat in the cockpit to check clearance. I have spent a lot of time on this but it is finally coming along.

From R. Gomez T2. He made a aditional bend in all yours bulkhead of 1/4".He has a maximun strenght with a minimun extra work

T2 R.Gomez

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T2- R. Gomez

T2- R. Gomez

T2-R. Gomez

The distortion in the previus photo and this, is matter of the camera

Look at picture (34) and then this one. Instruments installed. Still need a Tack.

From builder Lance Rademeyer in South Africa, "...notice on this Teenie's fuselage how he has rounded the skins, he says extremely difficult and it took him 3 attempts. This guy's name is Gavin Edwards; owned a Teenie which he did 500 hours in before losing a motor due to electrical problems. This teenie that he is building is 16% wider than standard he is using the same leaf gear spring arrangement as he had on the last one he says it never gave him a moments trouble. The aircraft is way past the stage of these photos and I would guess 90% complete." Posted by Jack D.: notice the flanges on Bulkhead C; some facing rearward and more added flanges facing forward. I had to do this also on my Teenie as the tailcone skin sheets were just not large enough to reach to the far forward side of the bulkhead flanges. Plans show flanges in two different views running forward on one view, and rearward on another.

From builder Lance Rademeyer in South Africa, "...notice on this Teenie's fuselage how he has rounded the skins, he says extremely difficult and it took him 3 attempts. This guy's name is Gavin Edwards; owned a Teenie which he did 500 hours in before losing a motor due to electrical problems. This Teenie that he is building is 16% wider than standard he is using the same leaf gear spring arrangement as he had on the last one he says it never gave him a moments trouble. The aircraft is way past the stage of these photos and I would guess 90% complete." Picture posted by Jack D.:

From builder Lance Rademeyer in South Africa, "...notice on this Teenie's fuselage how he has rounded the skins, he says extremely difficult and it took him 3 attempts. This guy's name is Gavin Edwards; owned a Teenie which he did 500 hours in before losing a motor due to electrical problems. This Teenie that he is building is 16% wider than standard he is using the same leaf gear spring arrangement as he had on the last one he says it never gave him a moments trouble. The aircraft is way past the stage of these photos and I would guess 90% complete." Picture posted by Jack D.

From builder Lance Rademeyer in South Africa, "...notice on this Teenie's fuselage how he has rounded the skins, he says extremely difficult and it took him 3 attempts. This guy's name is Gavin Edwards; owned a Teenie which he did 500 hours in before losing a motor due to electrical problems. This Teenie that he is building is 16% wider than standard he is using the same leaf gear spring arrangement as he had on the last one he says it never gave him a moments trouble. The aircraft is way past the stage of these photos and I would guess 90% complete." Picture posted by Jack D

Look how Rafael Sajardo fix the upper angles to the "C" bulkhead. He made too a cut in your angles for better fix the shoulders

T2 R.Sajardo

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