---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 12/04/12: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:58 PM - Delayed tail cone attaching? (Bill Judge) 2. 03:09 PM - Re: Delayed tail cone attaching? (Phillip Perry) 3. 03:09 PM - Re: Delayed tail cone attaching? (John Cox) 4. 03:57 PM - Re: Delayed tail cone attaching? (Jesse Saint) 5. 06:10 PM - Re: Delayed tail cone attaching? (Bob Leffler) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:58:17 PM PST US From: Bill Judge Subject: RV10-List: Delayed tail cone attaching? Greetings, I'm figuring out space for building an RV-10, translation is that my wife and I are passively shopping for a house. I'm wondering if you can delay attaching the tail cone until after you've completed the firewall forward, interior, windows, doors and just about everything else that takes forever to finish? Seems like you'd be able to build the RV-10 in a much smaller place if you didn't have to attach the tail cone until much later, like at the airport. Anyway, I'd love to hear some opinions on this. Thanks, Bill Judge N84WJ, RV-8, 843 hrs http://rv-8.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:09:09 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: Delayed tail cone attaching? From: Phillip Perry I don't think that would be a problem. The only issue that I can think of would be at the baggage bulkhead. I think you'd have to wait to do that until the tailcone is attached. On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Bill Judge wrote: > Seems like you'd be able to build the RV-10 in a much smaller place if you > didn't have to attach the tail cone until much later, like at the airport. > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:09:41 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: Delayed tail cone attaching? From: John Cox Longerons are integral to FWF and fuselage. John 40600 On Dec 4, 2012 3:02 PM, "Bill Judge" wrote: > Greetings, > I'm figuring out space for building an RV-10, translation is that my wife > and I are passively shopping for a house. > > I'm wondering if you can delay attaching the tail cone until after you've > completed the firewall forward, interior, windows, doors and just about > everything else that takes forever to finish? > > Seems like you'd be able to build the RV-10 in a much smaller place if you > didn't have to attach the tail cone until much later, like at the airport. > > Anyway, I'd love to hear some opinions on this. > > Thanks, > > Bill Judge > N84WJ, RV-8, 843 hrs > http://rv-8.blogspot.com/ > > * > > * > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:57:55 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: Delayed tail cone attaching? From: Jesse Saint You really need the tailbone attached to be able to do doors and other thing s. You could possibly attach the rear windows to the cabin top, but that's n ot a big job. The cabin top installation requires the tailbone to be attache d. On the firewall forward, you would really want the upper forward fuselage at a minimum, and I may worry about things being deformed in the back if I did n't have the tailcone on, as John mentioned. I have replaced a tailcone on a finished plane before, so it isn't physically impossible, but the tailcone h ad originally been on when the rest had been done. In short, it can probably be done, but it would introduce more risks than I w ould want. At the very least I would want to Cleco the tailcone on and insta ll the cabin top permanently before going to the fwf, and that would be abso lutely necessary, IMHO, before doing the doors. Jesse Saint I-TEC, Inc. jesse@itecusa.org www.itecusa.org www.mavericklsa.com C: 352-427-0285 O: 352-465-4545 F: 815-377-3694 Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2012, at 6:09 PM, John Cox wrote: > Longerons are integral to FWF and fuselage. > > John 40600 > > On Dec 4, 2012 3:02 PM, "Bill Judge" wrote: >> Greetings, >> I'm figuring out space for building an RV-10, translation is that my wife and I are passively shopping for a house. >> >> I'm wondering if you can delay attaching the tail cone until after you've completed the firewall forward, interior, windows, doors and just about eve rything else that takes forever to finish? >> >> Seems like you'd be able to build the RV-10 in a much smaller place if yo u didn't have to attach the tail cone until much later, like at the airport. >> >> Anyway, I'd love to hear some opinions on this. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bill Judge >> N84WJ, RV-8, 843 hrs >> http://rv-8.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> _blank">www.aeroelectric.com >> .com" target="_blank">www.buildersbooks.com >> ="_blank">www.homebuilthelp.com >> _blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> get="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV10-List >> tp://forums.matronics.com >> > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 06:10:05 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: Delayed tail cone attaching? From: Bob Leffler I built 90% of my project in one half of a two car garage. You'll want to a ttach the tail cone, but you'll can leave the horizontal and vertical off un til the airport. The biggest issue is where to store the empennage parts w hile building the wings. I hung mine from the ceiling, but I have 14' ceil ings in the garage. I couldn't put on the engine mount on in my garage due to other things in the garage, but if your two car is empty, it shouldn't b e an issue. The fuselage and wings will take about the same amount of space. You won't be able to complete many tasks without the tail cone riveted to th e fuselage. Leaving it off wouldn't be my recommendation. Bob > On Dec 4, 2012 3:02 PM, "Bill Judge" wrote: >> Greetings, >> I'm figuring out space for building an RV-10, translation is that my wife and I are passively shopping for a house. >> >> I'm wondering if you can delay attaching the tail cone until after you've completed the firewall forward, interior, windows, doors and just about eve rything else that takes forever to finish? >> >> Seems like you'd be able to build the RV-10 in a much smaller place if yo u didn't have to attach the tail cone until much later, like at the airport. >> >> Anyway, I'd love to hear some opinions on this. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bill Judge >> N84WJ, RV-8, 843 hrs >> http://rv-8.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> _blank">www.aeroelectric.com >> .com" target="_blank">www.buildersbooks.com >> ="_blank">www.homebuilthelp.com >> _blank">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> get="_blank">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV10-List >> tp://forums.matronics.com >> > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.