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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Flap Drive Tube Installation
Located flap drive angles per plans and pilot drilled/clecoed into place. Marked center of lower crosstie #1 and flap drive tube and centered flap drive tube. Marked location of flap mount blocks and drilled 3/16″ holes in lower splice plates.…
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 10
Riveted upper cross tie #2 to vertical channels and upper cross tie box to vertical channels #1. Fit cross tie splice plates to upper splice plates via AN3 bolt holes and riveted plates to cross tie box. F21 complete! Hours…
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 9
Continued final assembly of tail cone. Started by clecoing lower cross ties and aft angle. Riveted aft angle and lower cross tie #5 in order to install aft Shear Web Assembly. Riveted shear web to aft bulkhead and lower aft…
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 8
Began reassembling aft fuselage assembly by clecoing upper and lower crossties to aft fuselage side panels. Hours Worked: 0.75
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Aft Fuselage Part Prep – Part 5
Up drilled crosstie box cover and crosstie box. Also up drilled flap motor mount holes on bottom of crosstie box cover plate. Left flap drive mount holes on back of crosstie at 3/32″ as they will not be used. Hours…
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Aft Fuselage Side Panel Assembly – Part 5
Began final assembly of side panels by deburring, scotchbriting and cleaning all F25 parts. Started by riveting rudder cable fairlead mount blocks to vertical channels #1 and #5. Riveted lower longerons to aft fuselage side skins along with vertical channels…