| Finished opening the heater duct openings, and also the large square recessed area where the TPM controls exit the cockpit. I |
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| don't want to mount the engine mount witrh the fiberfrax material between the 2 stainless steel pieces so I cut out the 4 areas |
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| where the engine mount meets the firewall, I'll cut the fiberfrax so that it is not apparent in these areas and I should have the |
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| original surface to bind to. Th eonl yproblem is that in checking the Finish plans I noticed that there are actuall 6 (SIX) engine |
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| mount attach points, So i'm going to have to open up another couple of holes towards the bottom of the skin. I'm trying to |
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| determine how best to dimple and rivet these together. I tried a test strip with combinations of dimples and fiberfrax, 426-4 rivets |
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| and some countersunk Pop rivets. I'm going to try and use 426-4's as much as possible. But before attaching the Faux firewall |
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| and the fiberfrax, I need to 1. attach (temporarilly the cowl hinges and spacers to ensure there is no interference, and 2. |
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| temporarilly install the engine mount. Goinf golfing tomorrow w/ Pat, so maybe on Sat |
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