Removed the panel base and deburred all of the holes in the panel base and the longerons. Attached the canopy ribs and match drilled the attach angles. Removed and deburred them. Riveted the engine mount brackets, the Instr Stack Supports and the Instr Attach Angles.
UPDATE: Prior to riveting the Instr Stack Supports (F-1202J-L/R), ensure the angles are not deformed around the lightening holes. When I attempted to install the comm radio and the transponder, the protrusions (due to stamping the lightening holes) interfered with the installation of the comm radio and the transponder. Ensure the surfaces of the stack supports that are adjacent to the radio stack are flat, the angle is 90 degrees and there are no protrusions. See my blog entry dated August 22, 2009.
Riveted the panel base to the firewall. Mixed a batch of firewall sealant and riveted the canopy rib flanges.
Prepped and riveted the oil tank attach braces and the battery box.
Fabricated the cover plate clip and riveted it to the cover plate.
Then started to prep the F-1240 fuselage skin. When I tried to trial fit the skin a problem became obvious. The nutplate in the side skin (lowest screw hole for the F-1240 skin) was missing a rivet and was NOT dimpled for a #8 screw. Went back to Section 23 in the plans and the steps there are not correct. Section 23 tells one to omit the rivet, does not tell you to dimple the rivet hole and does not tell you to dimple the location for a #8 screw. See the pictures. Will have to determine a solution. I believe I can dimple the rivet hole with the squeezer but do not know how I am going to dimple the #8 screw hole with the nutplate installed. May have to drill the nutplate to correct the situation.
Time Today - 7 hours
