Skin and bones . . . without the skin.
Don't squint, you might miss it. The fuselage tubing is visible, but without the skin it is easy to miss. Fortunately, it survived the trip from Texas to Baltimore with out any problems (Thanks to Ulf Grabowski).
Notice the different conditions of the metal.
Some of the fuselage tubing is weathered, some has old paint, and some has new paint. It will have to be totally stripped and repainted.
Joe Miller is cutting the curved front from the vertical stabilizer. It will be replaced with a larger and rectangular section.
Tubing, or not tubing?
That is the question.
Dick Weger is making a list of the tubing needed for the fuselage modification for the third person. This involves taking the original drawings and adding the lengths of each tube (of the same size). Once done, the necessary tube can be purchased, cut, welded, and painted.
Just incase you ever have to do this, be careful. Dick pointed out that even though the diameters are equal, sometimes the wall thickness is different.
This modification will require that the engine be removed, the fuselage extended and a door added. A third set of controls will be added. Yes, I said three sets of controls. Now, here is a dandy trivia question. With three sets of controls, the instructor gets one set, and the two students get the others. So, which set does the instructor use, front, middle, or rear?
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