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Cover panels and nutplates riveted.
Battery box priming underway.
Forward and mid fuselage lower structure overlap area primed.
Battery box riveted to firewall.
Forward and mid fuselage lower structures clecoed together.
Forward and mid fuselage lower structures clecoed together.
Yours truly with the work-in-progress.
Center bottom skin dimpling in progress.
Center bottom skin dimpling complete.
Center section lower doublers, skin stiffeners, and nutplates riveted in place.
Aft gear brace assembly components ready for priming.
Aft gear brace assembly clecoed together and ready for the next stop, post-Thanksgiving.
Back at it after a day away from the project for Jeanie’s birthday yesterday.
Lots of little jobs to do today – nutplates, bushing clips, seat rib doublers, routing angles, and crotch strap brackets were all riveted in place. Various bolt holes were also reamed to final sizes.
Outboard seat and baggage ribs must be fluted to match the curve of the center bottom skin. Shown in work here.
Outboard seat and baggage ribs must be fluted to match the curve of the center bottom skin. Shown in work here.
Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod components primed.
Right wing aileron pushrods complete.
Right wing aileron bellcrank installed.
Right wing aileron torque tube fabricated and installed.
Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod adjusted and installed to aileron bellcrank.
Right wing aileron torque tube-to-bellcrank pushrod adjusted and installed to aileron torque tube.
Right wing aileron torque tube and pushrod connection closeup.
Right wing inboard bottom skin clecoed to wing. Root rib nutplate holes and access plate screw holes drilled.
Aileron trim servo components underway.
