Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 3

Pilot drilled and clecoed upper/lower LH/RH splice plates to forward longerons. Removed forward wing angles and clecoed forward tunnel Z and spacer plates then refitted to forward fuselage. Determined there was no way to get aft tunnel web assembly into place so removed forward tunnel Z and drilled out rivets on aft tunnel web assembly in spacer plates. Fitted aft tunnel web, spacer plates, and wing mount angles and clecoed into place. Refit forward tunnel Z and wing angles and clecoed all to forward fuselage. Located, pilot drilled, and clecoed firewall stiffener and floor stiffener. Then located, pilot drilled, and clecoed gussets and angles. Finally, clecoed upper firewall into place, finishing test fitting of F11 components. Began up drilling starting with RH side panel. Up drilled bolt holes in splice plates and countersunk upper longeron for flush hardware.

Hours Worked: 4.79


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