Extended baggage

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The Schubag

The "Schubag," so-named for Matthew Schumacher's modification to his Bearhawk fuselage, removes the station ___ "V" tubes and replaces them with a dog-leg structure, which allows a large pass-through area. This makes is easier to haul long or bulky items, or even for a person to sleep in the fuselage with the rear seat removed.

Tasks

  1. Cut out the V-tubes
  2. Clean up the remnants of V tubes and welds
  3. Build and weld in dog-leg structure
  4. Build new pulley bank for next station aft
  5. Build pulley bracket for elevator cable redirect
  6. Build and weld on new fairleads
  7. Build and weld on new flap pulley bushings

1. Cutting

Bearhawk-V-cutting.jpg Flap pulley bushing as per plans First pass with cutoff wheel After a lot of delicate grinding