{"id":2219,"date":"2008-04-13T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2015-01-28T15:18:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T21:18:49","slug":"6-1-2-keel-access-cover-flanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/13\/6-1-2-keel-access-cover-flanges\/","title":{"rendered":"6.1.2 Keel Access Cover Flanges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-4068\" data-series-id=\"30\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 23 of 42 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/series\/06-fuselage\/\">06 - Fuselage<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>I made the flange for the large opening on the copilot side of the keel in Florida.\u00a0 But the forward and aft access covers need to be dealt with.\u00a0 This is accomplished by taking the pieces which were cut off to make the opening and adding fiberglass layups over them which extend to the keel. The covers are first taped into place then the area around the opening is covered with duct tape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-05-1310-IMG_6708.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-05-1310-IMG_6708-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-05 1310 IMG_6708\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-05-1310-IMG_6709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-05-1310-IMG_6709-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-05 1310 IMG_6709\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-05-1310-IMG_6710.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-05-1310-IMG_6710-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-05 1310 IMG_6710\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next BID layups are placed over the cover and adjacent area of the keel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1157-IMG_6726.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1157-IMG_6726-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-13 1157 IMG_6726\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1157-IMG_6727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1157-IMG_6727-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-13 1157 IMG_6727\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it cures, I drilled the holes for the screws that would hold it in place. The cover and flange is gently pried away from the keel.\u00a0 The flange is then trimmed back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1202-IMG_6729.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1202-IMG_6729-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-13 1202 IMG_6729\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1203-IMG_6730.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1203-IMG_6730-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-13 1203 IMG_6730\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All that&#8217;s left is to put nutplates on the keel and now the access cover can be screwed into place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1614-IMG_6734.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1614-IMG_6734-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-13 1614 IMG_6734\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1615-IMG_6735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1615-IMG_6735-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-13 1615 IMG_6735\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1620-IMG_6736.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2008-04-13-1620-IMG_6736-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2008-04-13 1620 IMG_6736\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-4068 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"30\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 23 of 42 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/series\/06-fuselage\/\">06 - Fuselage<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>I made the flange for the large opening on the copilot side of the keel in Florida.\u00a0 But the forward and aft access covers need to be dealt with.\u00a0 This is accomplished by taking the pieces which were cut off &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/13\/6-1-2-keel-access-cover-flanges\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"series":[30],"class_list":["post-2219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","series-06-fuselage"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=2219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}