(10-20 step 7):
After looking over the plans I decided I could probably get away
with back-riveting the F-1055 rudder stop skin stiffeners before
assembling the tailcone. Once it's together I'd have to buck
these rivets so I wanted to do them first and take advantage of the
ability to back-rivet them. Much nicer finish! After
that I ran a #6 screw with Boelube through all the nutplates for the
cover plates and rudder cable fairings to cut them in.
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(10-19 steps 3 & 5): Next
I riveted the F-1007 & F-1008 frame halves together. I'm
going to hold off on riveting any of the F-1006 bulkhead together since
its not attached until the tailcone gets attached to the
fuselage. I haven't primed it yet either. We'll just cleco
it for now.
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(10-20 step 1):
Ahhh, this is looking familiar! Now we start the process of
putting this bad boy back together! We plan to back rivet as much
of the tailcone as possible so I'm putting the clecoes in from the
inside this time (underneath the skin in the pic).
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This
is as far as I think I'm going to go for now. All the bulkheads
and frames are clecoed in, including the lower rear skin.
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While attaching the F-1011 bulkhead I noticed the rudder stop
brace attached to it ever-so-slightly touches one of the rivets on a
nutplate for the rudder fairing covers. Looks like I'll have to
pull this bulkhead back out and trim the stop brace down just a bit to
provide some clearance.
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| It's WAY to late... until tomorrow... |
