Chapter 4: Bulkheads - Started 6/06 - Finished 3/07
As of 6/9/06 I still have not ordered any foam or fiberglass, so I have been trying to work on templates and jigs until I have enough money saved to place an order. I almost have enough money saved for chapters 4-7, so hopefully I will be able to begin on the bulkheads very soon.
Below are pictures of the temporary firewall. It is made out of .25 inch plywood that I was able to pick up at Home Depot.
I took the original drawings of the firewall to Kinkos and had them copied. I then aligned the copies over the originals and held them up to a light to make sure that the copies were the exact same size as the originals.
Once I confirmed that the copies were the same size, I cut them out and glued them to the plywood using a spray adhesive and a foam paint roller. I then used my jigsaw and sanded to get to the final shape of the firewall.
3/07 - Here is a picture of the completed bulkheads. Nothing really different from the plans. I did add a quater inch to the bottom of the instrument panel, as suggested on some other builders' websites, to insure that the bottom of the panel would reach the fuselage floor.
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