Ready to flox reinforcement plate and nut plates to back

Starting 6 BID layup for fuel valve bracket

My BID tape template works great!

I came up with this idea after looking for a 2" wide yardstick with no luck. Saves a ton of time not having to draw the tape pattern on foil first. Just wet out two layers of BID, cover with wax paper, Lay the template on top and use the groves as cutting guidelines. Voila!

Reinforcement UNI glass on rear of landing gear bulkheads.

Fuse inverted and leveled on sawhorses

Landing gear cores arrived from Featherlite today.

Close up

Add 3 UNI and peel ply forward LG bulkhead

Top of forward landing gear bulkhead

Lower forward landing gear bulkhead floxed in place

Rear landing gear bulkhead floxed in place

Starting to look like an airplane....sort of.

Flox joints sanded and ready for bid tape

Bulkheads floxed in place

Everything fits!

Seat back test fit

Leveling the fuse sides

Temporary firewall

Fuselage jig and temporary firewall

Test fit of F22

Fuselage sides finished! On to chapter 6.