(Redoing the upper right elevator skin & rib halves - cont'd): First
order of business today was to get these replacement elevator parts
alodined & primed. I pretty much had everything prepped so it
was a matter of getting everything out and doing it… so I did!
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(10-2 steps 1-3): Angela
came out and jumped on the tailcone tasks. She started out by
deburring the F-1012A&B bulkheads. These are the aft-most
bulkheads on the airplane. The vertical tail assembly will bolt
to these, and the tail tie down will also attach to them (visible in
the second picture). So her next step was to cut the tail tie
down bar to shape and get it ready for fitting to the bulkheads.
After deburring she got to match drill various holes for attaching the
tie down bar.
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(10-2 step 4):
Angela's next step was to cut the rudder cable angle from some of
the .063 angle stock in the kit. After that a couple of #12 holes
were put in it. The next step is to attach a couple of nutplates
over these holes to locate the rivet holes that will be used to attach
them. That'll have to wait though…
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Angela
& I have both decided we need to go into work for a bit today so
while the primer is drying/curing we're going to stop here for a
bit. We'll pick up later on today.
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| Ok,
we're back… Angela's working on putting together some nut plate
templates, and I'm getting started on riveting the right elevator
replacement parts. |
(10-2 step 5): Well,
Angela decided against her nut plate templates… just weren't
working the way she wanted. She managed to get the holes located
anyway. Once the holes were located and drilled, she countersunk
them for flush rivets. Here you can see the rudder cable angle
(with the nut plate holes countersunk) sitting on the F-1011 bulkhead
approximately where it will eventually attach (not in the correct
orientation though).
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(10-3 step 2): After that she started deburring the F-1011 bulkhead.
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(9-11 step 3):
While Angela was having all the fun with the tailcone parts, I
got to work back riveting the new rib halves to the new upper right
elevator skin. After that the assembly was clecoed on the lower
skin assembly.
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| We didn't have a bunch of time tonight so we're cutting it off here. Plenty to do tomorrow… |
