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1 year anniversary!

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One year has passed😀 Total time spent on building ended on 625. Hopefully I will manage at least the same hours the next year. Many hours was lost during the summer when preparing and refurbishing a container for storage. Some weeks was also lost while waiting for the fuse and finish kit to arrive. The section I'm working on now is the last before joining the forward and aft fuselage. I'm quite sure that will happen during the first week of January, or at least before February. But I'll not hurry on, and plans to prepare the aft fuselage for autopilot servo attachments and GPS antenna, before attaching.

Section 29 progress

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I've completed section 29-02 to 29-07 and is working on 29-08 (attaching the skin and cowling). In addition parts have been deburred and primed ahead.  The control column assembly is in place. It took some time to get the shims correctly. Lower logeron were the engine mount will be attached. The upper longeron must be twisted 10 degree. Parts primed but needed some touch up. I decided to fabricate a trolley with wheel, to easily be able to move the fuselage in and out of the container. I also made a ramp (not shown on the picture) The left side skin is hang on.

Start of section 29 Forward fuselage side structure

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I've started on section 29, and it seems like a comprehensive but exciting section. Quite quickly the two forward fuselage section comes together.