Category: Tailcone

Getting close to completing the tailcone. This weekend was spent preparing the upper side skins and the top skin of the tailcone. Then riveting. Lots and lots of riveting. The tailcone skins are fully riveted except for the top skin. I may hold off on that until I’m sure I won’t have to access the…

Continuing work on the tailcone. Staring with prepping and priming the lower skins. Then attaching them to the still-upside-down tailcone and riveting to the bottom skins. A lot of work getting the rear bulkhead finished. A large variety of rivets on that piece. Finished off with clecoing in it’s spot at the back of the…

The tailcone is a fun part of the airplane to build. In just a short amount of time you can see the structure coming together and start imagining what the plane is going to look like. The work started with preparing the frames and rear bulkhead. Then I was able to get a start on…