Sequoia Aircraft Corporation F.8L Falco, Construction Manual

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F.8L Falco Construction Manual 26–14 Revision 4, March 1, 2002
Figure 22
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Fit the left cockpit coaming strip in place. See Figure 22. This is the strip of spruce that is
installed on the top of the side longerons and the fuselage frames. This strip extends from
the aft face of frame No. 4 to the forward face of frame No. 7. The outside of the coaming
should be the same as the outside of the fuselage frames. The inside of the coaming should
be the same as the inside of the fuselage frames except for frame No. 7 where it is 10mm
outboard of the inside of frame No. 7. This is for the inside fuselage skin (see Drawing No.
315).
The coaming strips—or gunwales to boatbuilders—may be made by laminating two or three strips
of spruce. One builder simply soaked the spruce in water for a couple of days and then clamped
each strip to a workbench with a steam iron on top of it to put a two-inch bow into it before
fitting and gluing—”Nothing precise, just an eyeball bend so that it was close enough to the final
shape that the natural flexibility of the wood was adequate to allow exact final bending and
fitting.”
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Fit the right cockpit coaming strip in place.
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Glue the left cockpit coaming strip in place.
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Glue the right cockpit coaming strip in place.