April 22, 2015 – I had to take care of several things before taking the forward half of the fuselage back apart.
I finished back-drilling through the side skins. This included the F715 seat ribs and various attach holes where bulkheads are attached at top and bottom.
I also had to drill several larger holes for fuel lines coming in, and fuel vent and brake lines.
I also marked where skin panel lines were, so I could paint the faying surfaces of those skins at those locations.
I also had an issue with where the rudder pedal blocks are attached on the right side.
I got my left/right, up/down confused on the right block, and messed up a couple of holes in the F719 angle.
I decided to make a strap that will be on the lower side of the angle and will provide a good bearing surface and good holes for the bolts. I drilled that and added four rivet locations to secure the strap.
On another happy note, I got my brake pedals back from powdercoat. They came out pretty nice. You can’t really tell, but they have a rough texture.
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