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Right side Camloc flanges drilled in place.
Upper central Camloc flanges drilled in place. I only had to fudge the spacing on one of them (both sides of the middle flange) and I’m fine with the results.
All upper and side firewall Camloc flanges drilled in place.
All upper and side firewall Camloc flanges drilled in place.
Right side Camloc flanges deburred, countersunk, and clecoed in place for riveting.
Spinner front bulkhead bolts torqued and safety-wired.
Spinner plate assembly and front spinner bulkhead nutplates riveted.
Yes, there’s a little oopsie on one of those holes (a locating magnet failure to accurately locate that pre-drilled hole), but the nutplate isn’t compromised, so I’m not concerned. Onward!
Spinner is done and clecoed in place for the moment. The manual says to install it now with the permanent screws, but a few pages later (in the cowling instructions) it has to come off again, so best to leave the screwing until later. So to speak.
Left empennage gap cover bent and clecoed in place.
Spinner prop blade cutouts underway.
Spinner prop blade cutouts first pass complete.
Spinner first fitting. Not too bad…
A little more trimming required, though.
Super-slick use of neodymium magnets to locate the front bulkhead holes under the opaque spinner.
Super-slick use of neodymium magnets to locate the front bulkhead holes under the opaque spinner.
Inner magnets taped in place.
Spinner centered over prop blades and clecoed in place.
Magnets doing their thing to locate the front bulkhead holes.
Plastic washers taped in place.
Voila! It actually worked. So cool even Jean thought it was neat.
The clamped board arrangement makes it possible to rotate the prop blades through their range of motion to check for interference/clearance with the spinner.
Spinner plate assembly drilled and clecoed to spinner. That puppy is well and truly on there now.
Gap filler template has been cut out and awaits its date with the spinner remnants tomorrow.
Rudder bottom fairing doubler drilled and clecoed in place.
Rudder bottom fairing doubler center hole cut.
Rudder bottom fairing doubler floxed and riveted in place.
Rudder bottom fairing doubler cleaned of squeezed out flox.
Rudder tip fairing drilled and clecoed in place.
Rudder tip fairing drilled up to final hole size.
Rudder tip fairing riveted in place and ready for flight!
Empennage fairing set in place for an initial fitting. It actually looks quite good – better than expected and much better than the last one I installed back in 2001.
