(10-8 step 1):
Well, there was a football game on tonight so I sort of half
worked on the plane and half watched the game. Anyway, knowing
that the relatively tight turn at the lower corners of the tailcone
(where the bottom skin & side skins meet) were showing some signs
of bumps where the bulkheads were, I wanted to try the same technique
we used on the horizontal stabilizer nose ribs to help alleviate
it. So, I ground a bit of the flange edges down and then filed
them smooth and deburred them. I also rounded the flanges a bit
to more match the skin shape. It was definitely a trial and error
process, but turned out quite well. Interestingly enough, the
smaller F-1012 bulkhead required even less massaging.
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