Fuselage Photos N426NC "Baby" Pictures
		<Bulkheads and longerons in jig. Assembly is performed upside. Wings visible on rolling dolly. The 2 car garage is starting to feel like a phone booth. I bought the straightest lumber that I could find-fir. Jig assembly took 1 hour including leveling. It was dead straight! >Cabin floor and wing spar attachment. Right.
			Hanging the skins started at the firewall and worked aft. The prepunched holes confirmed that the jig and bulkheads are placed correctly. This went very fast and was fun work. Having to think inverted when working inside the fuselage takes some getting used to. Attaching the fuselage skins.
	The infamous "8-OH-2" gear boxes. This is where the tail-dragger 8 builders earn their bragging rights. You can't tell from this upright view but I was laying on my back looking up inside the fuselage to get this photo. A lot of plumbing is installed inside of this assembly and is "challenging" (the polite word) at best. This assy take the structural loading of the main gear. This was a departure from Van's previous RV designs.		Out of the jig and on it's legs. Mark and I make airplane noises. The jig was picked up by a builder from Panama City 3 hours later.
			<My back hurts just looking at this view. I worked 4 days straight installing the nut-plates that secure the floor panels. There were a bunch and bending over the longerons became uncomfortable quickly. I was pretty sore for a week after doing this work. This control weldment was not made to specs resulting in the pushrod rubbing the inside of the tub. Bill Benedict sent me a replacement at no charge and it came powder coated. Bill and Jeremy are missed by all of us.
			<Floor panels installed along with the throttle quadrants and ground (fixed) adjustable rudder pedals. The instrument panel is starting to take shape. Garmin 195 will go in place of paper template.
			<I used auto blade fuses and busses for all equipment except the alternator field breaker. Main, essential, avionics and lighting busses along with remote ground bus are installed here. Aircraft spec wire was used throughout. Concorde RG25 battery installed on the firewall. My system load is 17amp @14.2volts continuous load with nav/strobes on (7amps nav/strobes off). It increases to about 30amps with both 50watt landing lights on and boost pump on. I don't have pitot heat. I will install pitot heat (additional 10amps load) when I install a 60amp alternator.
				<Back aft things are taking shape with the bellcrank, pushrod, rudder cables and static lines. I drew the short straw and got to crawl back there and install the horizontal stab hold down bolts. It was hot that day and I remember the sweat burning my eyes as Mark and I torqued the bolts to specs. Getting out was harder than getting in. We later ran elevator trim cable and VOR antennae coax cable through grommets visible through bulkheads.
			<Canopy bow and frame, Becki Orndorf seat and instruments are visible here
						Original instruments panel layout before adding the ILS, MKR beacon and DigiTrak. Next panel will have a VM1000 to free up space. See current panel
		<Canopy fitted to frame. Ready to cut in two pieces. Nan marks canopy skirt for drilling. She is so smart and pretty too.>
		<Mark's 6'3" body checks canopy headroom. Canopy Complete. Miller Time!>
			<Forwards baggage compartment limits firewall area available of lines, cable and wiring. NACA vent, green engine/prop cables, brakes lines, fuel boost pump, rudder pedals, master cylinders, and firewall ground buss are all visible. Forward baggage floor is removed.