{"id":1710,"date":"2015-03-03T22:11:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T04:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonex1597.com\/?page_id=1710"},"modified":"2024-04-09T06:38:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:38:56","slug":"continuing-work-on-the-fuselage-mar-15","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sonex1597.com\/?page_id=1710","title":{"rendered":"Continuing work on the fuselage: Mar ’15 – Sep ’16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mar 3rd<\/strong> – Kyle stopped in and helped me torque up some of the less accessible nuts. We then flipped the fuselage over to access the inside. First job is to get the seat in so I can sit in this thing and pretend to fly it!<\/p>\n

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The seat sling is cut from a sheet of .025″ stock which then has holes cut in it for the control column and seat belts to pass through before being bent into shape. The Sonex can be built with several\u00a0different flight control set ups, I am making the dual stick version. As there is this variance, the seat sling has to be made according to the drawings for whichever variant is chosen; there is no pre-cut\u00a0piece in the kit, it has to be done from scratch.<\/p>\n

This is the first time for me marking and cutting up a virgin piece of sheet, it’s a little intimidating and definitely a good place to “measure twice, cut once”. I’m glad I did as I nearly cut the seat belt hole in the wrong place!<\/p>\n\n\t\t