Sequoia Aircraft Corporation F.8L Falco, Construction Manual

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F.8L Falco Construction Manual 24–17 Revision 4, March 1, 2002
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As shown in Figure 20, glue the 17 cove ribs to the aft face of the aft wing spar and install
the wing gap trailing edge strip, P/N 206-5. See Drawing No. 201 Sheet 2.
Figure 21
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For “open air” wheel well installation—fit the four 30x15 seat supports in place, but do not
glue these in place yet. See Figure 21.
Figure 22
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For “open air” wheel well installation—fit the two upper wheel well rings in place. See
Figure 22. Because of the contour of the seat supports, these rings are installed at an angle,
with the front end higher than the aft end. To make things work out right, the ring is
made thicker so that it will be 20x20 when it is sanded to the final contour. At the aft
face of the wing spar, the bottom of the laminated ring should be 20mm below the top of
the wing spar. At fuselage frame No. 5, the notch in the frame is only 15mm, and the
laminated rings must be notched from the bottom so that the top of the un-sanded rings
will be 4mm above the top of fuselage frame No. 5 at the forward face. This will place the