AN365-1032A
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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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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. Needed to notch out lower crosstie #1 to clear flap mount blocks. Up drilled lower…
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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 Worked: 0.67
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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 #2-#5. Left vertical channel #1 just clecoed for now. Left top row of rivets on…
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 5
Used Loctite 638 retaining compound to hold Symmco bearings into place; worked very well. Assembled together angles to create pivot assembly then added -10 bell crank assembly and completed final riveting onto -01R to complete #9 rib assembly. Will let Loctite harden before greasing with white lithium per plans. Hours Worked: 1.71
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 4
Drilling of holes in -13L/R and -14L/R vertical channels. Both -10 bell crank assemblies created. Two washers per assembly needed to get castle nut aligned properly. Completed -01L including final riveting and lubrication of pivot with white lithium grease. -08 clip heights on vertical stiffeners set by using right angle from rib face. -01R clecoed…
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Aileron Bellcranks – Part 3
Machined -06 and -07 angles from template and press fit Symmco bearings to create -02L assembly. (8) -09 clips cut from Z01-03 stock, drilled and completed, and -13/-14 channels cut (but not yet drilled). Hours Worked: 3.75
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Main Wing Spar Mating – Part 1
Mated spars together and up drilled alignment holes to 1/4″ per plans. Spars temporarily fastened together with AN4 hardware to drill wing attachment blocks. Holes drilled with drill press on ground and leveled by using 3/8″ bit and drill guide, then 15/32″ bit and finished with 1/2″ reamer. Both holes have give slight resistance when…
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LH Main Spar Assembly – Part 6
Bolts inserted into LH spar and torqued. LH Main spar complete! Spar test fit and final drilling of alignment holes and wing attach blocks will be separated into WC02 task Hours Worked: 3.00
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RH Main Spar Assembly – Part 9
Completion of the riveting and bolting of the RH spar. Rivets finished, blemishes primed, and all attach angles bolted and final torqued. Did not bolt spar blocks on and clecoed left in tip web. Hours Worked: 5.75
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Wing Conversion Work – Part 2
Modification of rear spars for model B conversion Hours Worked: 2.45