Got a good few hours put in today working on the panel base and panel. B and N helped me for a bit. The panel base and canopy ribs were riveted. The oil tank bracket was riveted. Fuel sealant was placed over each rivet of the firewall and at the base of the canopy ribs as per plans.
We then worked on the upper FWD panel skin. The holes were dimpled and permatex sealant was placed on the firewall doubler along the boelube on the skin and then the skin was screwed to the doubler and canopy ribs. I sure hope enough boelube was placed. We will see when we have to remove the skin.
Nutplates were riveted to the panel attach strips and the strips were installed. The panel pieces were then screw in place. I did have an issue with a couple screws breaking. It seemed that some of the screws were a little difficult to get in place. I think when we place the final panels I may need to run a screw in each nutplate beforehand to make sure that go in smoothly.
I am now waiting on the return of my repaired rivet gun (cost a little money to get fixed). Hopefully it will be here next week and we can work on the side skins.
Time: 4.25 hrs.
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| Panel base and canopy ribs installed |
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| Oil tank bracket |
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| Oil tank bracket |
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| Fuel sealant at base of left canopy rib |
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| Fuel tank sealant at base of right canopy rib |
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| Upper FWD Fuselage skin dimpled |
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| Installing panel attach strips |
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| Upper FWD skin installed |
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| Panel attach strips installed |
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| Panel installed (this are not the final ones as the final ones will come with avionics kit) |
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