“No bird ever flew nonstop from New York to Tokyo, or raced 15 miles high at triple the speed of sound.                                                                                                   
  Birds do something else.   They do not conquer the air; they romance it..”


Peter Garrison

Jur's RV7 Aircraft Factory
3497 hours
and counting

The final section for construction before we start putting empenange wings together with the fuselage is the forward top fuselage section.

Today was a full day of deburring and some small other tasks and positioning items in place to get a clear picture on how everything fits together.

I started by fluting F-7103C L and R. These have to follow the curve on the F-7103 instrument panel. The flutes have to be positioned carefully as both angles will also receive 3 AN515-8R8 screws.

After many hours of vixen, v-tool, scotchbrite and straighten flanges, it came out looking like this.

I also test fitted the skin on. It's thight but it fits correctly. Maybe I'll try to pre-brend the sides a bit next time I'll put her on.
This is also a great moment to test fit your angle pieces behind the F-7103.