{"id":2724,"date":"2009-11-11T09:34:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T15:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2015-02-06T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:49:40","slug":"6-0-aft-carbon-beam-remediation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/11\/6-0-aft-carbon-beam-remediation\/","title":{"rendered":"6.0 Aft Carbon Beam (Remediation)"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 33 of 42 in the series 06 - Fuselage<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The NACA ducts that I installed nearly two years ago need to be reinforced from the inside. So a couple layers of BID around the edges of the NACAs and the fresh air duct. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now comes the big stuff. I’m not going with the diagonal shoulder belt system that the factory sells (and is found in most cars); a lap belt and a diagonal shoulder harness. Instead, I’m going with a 4-point style with a lap belt and two shoulder harnesses that connect to a center buckle. <\/span><\/p>\n

The problem here is that with the fast build, the factory puts in the hardpoint for a diagonal shoulder harness (this is the stuff that you don’t think about when you’re starting all of this). So I’m going to have to completely remove the B-pillar\/overhead beam.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is looking up at the roof. At the bottom-center is the top of the pilot side door opening. Top-center is the top of the co-pilot door opening. On the left side of these door openings is the overhead beam. This overhead beam (and the B-pillars which run down the side in back of the door openings) are made of carbon fiber. In order to get a hardpoint for the shoulder harnesses to mount to, I was going to have to remove this, install the hardpoint and re-install it. That’s when I made a couple discoveries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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