Ok, an update on the UPS deal from yesterday… I contacted Rivethead-Aero and
let them know about the ordeal, and they provided me with the
tracking number and other info about the package. I then went on
UPS's website to see it's status... basically they stopped tracking it
2 days ago (great!) Well, there is absolutely no number on the
UPS website to call other than the automated one that gives you
basically the same info you can get on the site. So, I decided to
pay them a visit to their distribution station. Thankfully they
weren't busy, and the guy was helpful. He showed no updated
record other than the one I saw online. BUT, once I explained
what had happened he was able to give me the number of the person
responsible for the area the driver delivered to. So, I gave them
a call and... long story even longer... since they were in the
building, they were able to locate the package and bring it out to
me. It was in the process of having the tracking number
identified (turns out the reason the bar code couldn't be scanned was
because it was damaged along with the tracking number itself.
There was no way of determining the tracking number from the package
itself). It's interesting that the delivery address was perfectly
alright, and it seems logical the driver could've simply checked my ID
to verify that he was delivering it to the correct person. But
because UPS had no way to update their system with the fact that the
package had been delivered, they couldn't actually deliver it!
Something about liability to the sender... oh well, we've got our
parts now!
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So
here are the brackets (ok, one of them… its on the left).
The other one is one of the Van's supplied brackets… nothing
more than a nut welded to a small piece of sheet. Numerous
reasons to ditch these and go with the others, but the main ones
are: 1) they're available, 2) solid billet vs a tack weld, 3)
they just simply look better!
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(9-7 step 4):
The brackets will get mounted to these cover plates. The
brackets are used to anchor the end of the trim cables where they exit
the elevators. First step is to mark the location of the
brackets…
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(9-7 step 5):
The brackets then got clamped to the cover plates and the holes
were final drilled in the plates, removed, and debured. After
that, I put all the dimples in the cover plates, the reinforcement
plates, and the nut plates.
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| The last thing for the night was
to go back through the plans and verify that we were ready for
priming. I had forgotten the dimples in the closeout tabs of the
elevator skins and the trim tab skins. I held off on these
because we didn't have a small diameter dimple die. I picked a
couple up today at lunch from Avery Tools, and finished the skins up tonight. Now, all we need to do is alodine, mask the skins and then prime! |
