June 23, 2015 – We did it! My friend Wilson came over and we rolled the canoe.
It was kind of funny to see the tail way up in the air, because the fuselage was supported at the forward and aft wing spars.
We started to shore up the tail to level everything and check the twist.
After reading the manual again, I noticed that it said to level everything at the center section. So that’s what we did. Only took minor shimming to get everything level there.
We played with the tail a bit trying to get out an initial reading of about a half degree twist. Wilson suggested that we keep support at the spars and let the tailcone just align itself. We removed all the shoring from the tail. Had about .3 degrees of twist. I just squeezed the upper deck panel that will hold everything straight at the tail so that edge distance was even on both sides. That did it.
I rechecked the level in the forward part of the fuselage. Everything was rock-solid at 0 degrees. I clamped and drilled the aft deck.
I made the two spacers that go under the deck, F710C and F711E. I taped them in place, and drilled them.
I’ve painted those two spacers and the aft deck. Next I will install them and then try to get the entire fuselage off the sawhorses and onto the floor.
Time: 4:50
