| Apart for reassembling everything to double check fit, I finished the empennage fairing today. I also believe that I've |
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| driven/squeezed my last rivet on this plane. I did have to take the Vertical stab off in order to get the nutplates drilled ,dimpled |
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| and installed on the Horizontal, While off I also did the same for those nutplate that attach to the Vert. Additionally, I installed the |
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| 3 nutplate that go on the tailcone aft upper skin. After all of that I had to remove the Horizontal in order to drill, and tap, and finish |
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| the close out cover for the bottom of the fairing. I had noticed that after trimming the fiberglass fairing to meet the closeout piece |
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| that it is possible for the close out to 'bow' outboard from the fuse side, and present a 'gap' that's a drag and water producer |
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| potential. So While I was prepping the closeouts, I riveted a small tab of '032" to the fron tof each, This tabl will fit behind the |
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| fiberglass fairing at the bottom and will keep the closeout and the rubber from pulling away from the fuse and moving outboard. |
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| Drilled all of the longeron/skin attach holes with 7/64 (didn't have a "36) and then tapped them with a 6-32 tap. Seems to have |
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| worked well, I think I'll use some Blue locktite when installing these for final assembly., |
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