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Putting the gradual bend in the longeron makes the angle twist. So I clamped on some
boards and used the C-clamps as handles to untwist the curved section.
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After finishing the gradual bend in the left longeron, it was time to do the sharp downward
bend. This dimension is supposed to be 2 3/4" +/- 1/4". I'm within 1/32" so I'm gonna
call it good enough!
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I didn't get any photos of putting in the 17 degree twists, but it worked the same as two
pictures up. Here are the completed (from a bending standpoint) left and right longerons.
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I marked out one of the aft canopy decks for trimming and was about to start trimming this
stuff off when I noticed a note on the drawing that says I'm supposed to drill through this
deck into the longeron before trimming off the aftmost two holes.
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Starting at the forward end of the canopy deck, I
- Clamped the canopy deck to the longeron with a c-clamp close to the hole to be drilled
- Use calipers to verify the .032 inch overhang of the canopy deck past the longeron
- Drill the hole
- Pop in a cleco
- Move everything down to the next (actually I did every other) hole and repeat
It was getting late so I decided to do the right longeron tomorrow.
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