Fuselage
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Fuselage Side Panels – Part 1
Located and pilot drilled lower longerons on LH/RH fuselage side assemblies. Located and clecoed upper longerons and miscellaneous side angles to fuselage sides. Determined -11L/R Gear Attach Angles had pilot holes drilled in wrong spot so remade them from 1x1x0.125×96 6061 angle. Hours Worked: 2.90
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Fuselage Side Panels – Part 2
Located F14-01R forward angle and pilot drilled to RH side panel. Located and pilot drilled lower and upper RH motor mounts. Marked centerlines for gussets and located and pilot drilled all RH gussets. RH fuselage side panel all pilot drilled. Hours Worked: 1.87
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Forward Fuselage Longerons
Creation of -06L/R lower longerons per B Model plans from 1x1x0.125 6061 angle. Hours Worked: 0.72
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Firewall Prep – Part 2
Creation of -02L/R, -04L/R, -07L/R, -11L/R, and -12L/R per legacy plans out of aluminum angle stock. Hours Worked: 5.96
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Forward Fuselage Part Prep – Part 3
Created -05 support angles from .063 sheet and legacy plans. Located them onto -04L/R rudder pedal mount angles per plans and riveted with CCC rivets to create -03L/R assemblies. Cut 2.5×2.5×0.125 angle to create -12L/R angle clips and pilot drilled to 1/8″. Edged rounded on angle clips. F15 complete! Hours Worked: 2.68
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Forward Fuselage Part Prep – Part 2
Created -08 clips per legacy plans out of Z01-03 stock. Up drilled -03 assembly then dimpled aft -05 tunnel angle. Countersunk -04 support channel, -12 spacer plates, and -14L/R and -15L/R angles. Refitted components together, installed MS24694 bolts for standard gear configuration, and riveted with CCC rivets. F16 complete! Hours Worked: 4.85
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Forward Fuselage Part Prep – Part 1
Bent trailing edge of forward fuselage floor up 5 degrees. Pilot drilled holes in top edge of -02 forward tunnel zee. Began clecoing -03 aft tunnel web assembly together. Hours Worked: 1.16
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Firewall Prep – Part 1
Creation of miscellaneous firewall components per plans. -10, -11, and -12 parts created via legacy plans set. Bent edges of -01 up per plans and set aside. -03 assembly created from firewall former halves.. Hours Worked: 2.27
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Tail Cone Box Wrapup
Riveted turtledeck assembly to fuselage tail cone box per plans revision E. Up drilled holes through side skins and upper splice plates to 3/16″ and installed AN525 hardware. Torqued to spec. Clecoed crosstie closeout plate into place and riveted into place. Clecoed flap motor actuator mounts into place and verified alignment with flap drive tube…
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Turtledeck Assembly – Part 8
Riveted formers #5 through #2 to turtledeck skin starting at upper longerons and moving towards the skin splice channel. Riveted lower #1 formers to back of cross tie box then riveted upper #1 formers to turtledeck skin assembly. Riveted F20-08 splice plate to upper skin splice channel and #1 formers. Wrapped up #1 former section…
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Turtledeck Assembly – Part 7
Prepped and clecoed formers #4 through #2 to tail cone box and turtle deck skin. Prepped and clecoed #1 lower formers to cross tie box, side skins, and turtledeck skin. Prepped and clecoed upper #1 formers to turtledeck skin along with upper splice plate. Once fit and squareness was verified with tail cone assembly, final…
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Turtledeck Assembly – Part 6
Deburred and prepped splice channel assembly and riveted skin splice channel and all attach angles. Deburred, scotchbrited, and acetoned LH and RH turtledeck skins and riveted to splice channel assembly to create -02 turtledeck skin assembly. Clecoed RH side of -02 assembly to aft fuselage tail cone then folded turtledeck skin over to cleco into…