Fitting the Landing Gear Weldments - 3 hours

I've taken a bit of time away from the build in order to finish replacing my deck. I've replaced the pressure treated boards with Trex decking. I thought it would take me a weekend, but in reality it took me a couple of weeks. Seems Trex is a bit more tedious to install than I though but it is totally worth it!!

So to start back in on the build. I need to begin fitting the landing gear weldments to the frame. But I need to start by cutting holes in the F-772 bottom skin. Not wanting to cut the plans all up. I've scanned the original drawing into AutoCAD and gave myself a template that I could print out on 8 1/2"x11" paper. I also can easily make it left and right.



I traced the holes onto the skin, and then used a drill bit to get things started.