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Left Rear Window Continued

Posted on December 7, 2011August 23, 2012 by Jared Yates

This morning I finished welding the top track for the aft window. The more difficult section is the aft side of the window. I started that section by moving the stringer attach points. THe lower stringer is going to be out a little bit further, while the upper stringer is going to be in a little bit from original. The aft edge of this window will be the forward end of both stringers now. The aft flange is not a track, since if it was, I wouldn’t be able to get the window in. Instead, it’s a joggle. It will get an aluminum mate later that will capture the window and shape the outside of the window aesthetically. I used a bead roller to make the joggle.

Bead Roller with Joggle Dies
Bead Roller with Joggle Dies

.030 Steel Joggle
This is the result after a few practice runs. It’s not perfectly straight, but it won’t be visible once the airplane is done.

Here's how it comes together at the bottom
Here’s how it comes together at the bottom

And here's the rest
And here’s the rest

I would have preferred to have a straighter finished product on the top half, but all of that should be covered by the aluminum trim piece, so it won’t show.

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