A riveting weekend

[IBob]

[ATTACH=full]49541[/ATTACH] .......and a little further down the track

Wow! Happy with the way it's coming? You should be...)

 

 

[bexrbetter]

.......and a little further down the track

Looks fantastic!

 

 

[planet47]

I'd like to be able to wiggle my nose and have it completed - 4 years of it is getting a bit much but thanks for the comments Ibob & bex

 

 

[eightyknots]

Fantastic P47:cheezy grin:

 

 

[IBob]

I'd like to be able to wiggle my nose and have it completed - 4 years of it is getting a bit much but thanks for the comments Ibob & bex

Yep, we hear ya....)

 

 

[Head in the clouds]

Very nice work. Looking forward to seeing more ...

 

 

[planet47]

A further 124 rivets down

[Marty_d]

Looking real good!!

 

What's your rivet spacing on the longerons... 20mm?

 

 

[planet47]

Looking real good!!What's your rivet spacing on the longerons... 20mm?

All is 1.1" in the area that is in the pic

 

 

[planet47]

From 76 x 38 box aluminium with 2 different size hole saws on a mill about 4 hours later comes - the beginning of engine mounts.

[Deskpilot]

Hi P47, I've just read your thread (no idea why I haven't before) and I have to congratulate you on your progress. Really nice work there. Now, it seems that you didn't get an answer to your question re the seat covers. Mine aren't quite the same but I bought the on e bay along with the matching rally seat. the seat is polypropylene and weighs 4 to 5 klg if memory serves me right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[planet47]

Where did the seat come from deskpilot?

 

 

[Deskpilot]

My, that was a hard one to answer. Had to search back over a year but finally found the link. Try this e-bay page. There are several sellers but watch the price.

 

RCI RCI8000S RCI HI-BACK SEAT BLACK POLY 20W X 33T | eBay

 

PS, the cover comes separate and are quite expensive

 

 

[planet47]

That's an interesting catalogue they have - I'll have to bookmark it. Ta

 

 

[planet47]

 

 

 

[fly_tornado]

My, that was a hard one to answer. Had to search back over a year but finally found the link. Try this e-bay page. There are several sellers but watch the price.RCI RCI8000S RCI HI-BACK SEAT BLACK POLY 20W X 33T | eBay

 

PS, the cover comes separate and are quite expensive

are you using that seat as a fuel tank?

 

 

[planet47]

No - not at all

 

In late February I put a photo of the fuel tanks on this thread and they are wing tanks

 

 

[Deskpilot]

are you using that seat as a fuel tank?

Hi FT, if you were asking me, the answer is no. A proper tank seat would be too high. I've had to modify mine, and it's still too high and too far forward..

 

 

[planet47]

 

 

 

[planet47]

One day there will be legs & wheels

 

One day I'll get to fly too!!!

 

 

 

[planet47]

my rudder pedal adjuster

[SSCBD]

Is that right hand top nut on correctly? Sorry to be picky. Just checking.

 

 

[planet47]

No - not yet anyway

 

Just playing with it ATM

 

 

[ClintonB]

With you dual controls and pedals spaced that way in the picture are you seating in tandem offset to the side? Just curious

 

cheers clint

 

 

[pylon500]

With you dual controls and pedals spaced that way in the picture are you seating in tandem offset to the side? Just curiouscheers clint

Generally referred to as 'staggered seating'.

Not very common, but quite logical for a 'forward seated' aircraft.

 

Mainly done for simplified CofG situations, shouldn't need to carry adjustment ballast.