A ton of progress on the firewall!

Friends,

This weekend has been a whirlwind of building and video editing! I spent a full day assembling the firewall and I now only have a few finishing touches to put on it. I'm waiting for some additional materials that are on back-order before I can finish it. But it went from a pile of parts to a real firewall assembly. I also spent a full day editing my videos for the horizontal stabilizer build, along with some other videos. Anyway here are some pictures of my progress on the firewall:

Back side of firewall (toward the cabin) showing supports:

Front of firewall showing stiffeners, reinforcing plates and central gear channel:

Side view of Central Gear Channel & Gussets. The bronze Cleco in the circle denotes pilot hole for 5/8" rod that holds the nose gear bungee:

Full view of the front of the assembled firewall. Still need to make cover slides for the nose gear steering rod slots toward the bottom, and attach 2 short stiffeners to the upper channel:

 

Top of Firewall upper stiffener showing through hole for nose gear fork. A Nyloil bearing block (material on back-order) gets bolted in underneath the hole and is matched to the through hole:

Once I get this deburred and primed, I'll be able to fully rivet this structure together and set it aside until I'm ready to attach to the front of the cabin. I'm still a long way off from that, but it's exciting to see all the substructures coming together.

Next up, I'll be working to finish the elevator and mount it to the horizontal stabilizer. After that, I'll be skinning the flaperons and starting the wing spar webs. Exciting stuff. Making parts was awesome, but seeing them come together in the shape of an airplane is incredible.

Cheers!