So while I decided to take the weekend off, Al came to the shop and got the fuse sides glued on. So now the basic structure of the fuselage is really coming together.
Picture #1A and 1B are some larger images of some previous posts Al showed how we went in and glued some of the cross bracing and also the Motorbox to the fuselage top plate. Again all this was done with Titebond as you can see the bottle in the picture.
After the motorbox was glued to the Top plate we were ready to move onto the fuselage sides. So in the following section here are some pictures of mounting both the fuselage sides.
Picture #2 shows the top plate as a back bone of the fuselage.
Picture #3 show the first fuselage side being glued and mounted to the fuselage.
Picture #4 shows the fuse side from the outside where you can see all the places it tabs into the formers.
Picture #5 show how you glue in the Fuselage floors before gluing the second side onto the fuse. The floors are not required but they do a great job of adding stiffness those sections and give you tons of options for mounting your receiver, batteries, etc.. later on. Also The fuselage doublers are notched for them to fit in between the doubler and 3/8" longeron.
Picture #6 shows a top shot of both trays installed in the airplane.
Picture #7 is the tail wheel mounting plate being installed between the F8 former and Tail post. The middle former is not a full former, it is just an additional support former the tail wheel mounting plate.