Sunday, November 6, 2011

Vans Aircraft RV-12 Build, Section 21: Mid Fuse Bibs & Bottom Skins (part 4)

Reference: page 21-09; 0.5 hours

Today was a short workday for the RV-12 airplane. Working on the air compressor is cutting into the time spent on the RV-12.

Step 2: Rivet one of the f-1204-H Bulkhead Caps to the forward side of the F-1204B-L Aft Bulkhead Side and forward side of the using the rivets called out in Figure 2 of the RV-12 plans on page 21-09. DO NOT rivet the three holes in the top flange of the bulkhead cap which are common to the aft bulkhead side, or the single hole in the bottom forward flange indicated in the figure.



Step 3: Slide the BUSHING AL.197X .313. X 1.954 Bushing into the F-1204M Roller, than install them between the F-1204B-L Aft Bulkhead Side and the F-1204CL-L Fwd Bulkhead Side Assembly using the hardware called out in Figure 2 by Van's Aircraft. The bolt is secured with the nutplate attached to the back of the F-1204A Center Section Bulkhead.





Step 4: Rivet the remaining F-1204H Bulkhead Cap to the forward side of both the F-1204B-R Aft Bulkhead Side and the F-1204CL-R Fwd Bulkhead Side Assembly using the rivets called out in figure 3. DO NOT rivet the three holes in the top flange of the bulkhead cap which are common to the aft bulkhead side, or the single hole in the bottom forward flange indicated in the figure.



Step 5: Slide the BUSHING AL.197X .313. X 1.954 Bushing into the F-1204M Roller, than install them between the F-1204B-R Aft Bulkhead Side and the F-1204CL-R Fwd Bulkhead Side Assembly using the hardware called out in Figure 2 by Van's Aircraft. The bolt is secured with the nutplate attached to the back of the F-1204A Center Section Bulkhead. NOTE: The roller on the right side of the aircraft is oriented in the opposite direction of the roller on the left side



This completes page 21-09 of the RV12's plans. Happy landings!