March 1, 2017 - Fuselage Skin "D" to "E"

The past week has been spent working on skinning the fuselage from bulkhead e to d. I'm hoping to complete this section Friday. Then hopefully begin the process of riveting. Rolling the .020 sheet into such a tight cone proved to be a little more difficult than I thought. In the end some ratchet straps helped me win the battle. To date I have about 12 hours into just this fuselage skin.

I have just a little bit of trimming, deburring, and a couple hole to back drill. Them I'll get it all primed and ready to go.