{"id":427,"date":"2015-05-02T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T17:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=427"},"modified":"2015-12-25T21:58:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T21:58:38","slug":"april-26-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=427","title":{"rendered":"April 26, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today would turn out to be a major lesson learned because I found out I drilled the nut plate holes slightly off from the correct\u00a0location.\u00a0I don’t believe this was caused by carelessness\u00a0on my part–I problem stemmed from\u00a0unclear assembly directions and my lack of understanding regarding how to Z-brackets fit between the spar and fuel baffle. After reading a few builder logs, it sounds like this is a common problem area. All work that was done today and yesterday will have to be redone. No big deal in the grand scheme of things.<\/p>\n

Here’s what i actually did today:
\nThe nut plates were used as a drill jig.
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The holes were countersink with the countersink cage.\u00a0
\n\"IMG_7896\"<\/a> \"IMG_7899\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The parts were primed. I decided to just use the self-etching primer to make this quick.
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I used my pneumatic squeezer to set the rivets.
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The final product. I made 6 of these brackets.
\n\"IMG_7904\"<\/a> \"IMG_7906\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It wasn’t until I got to this point that I found out my Z-brackets don’t properly align with the fuel baffle (not shown). I’ll need to buy new brackets and redo everything. For the next go-around, I’ll match drill the baffle and Z-brackets together.\u00a0\"IMG_7907\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a random picture of the fuel tank skin installed on the wing structure. Of course, a ton of work will have to go into preparing the fuel tank assembly before the actual installation.
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