Today I works a little bit on a number of things. I checked the fit of the new fuel selector and everything is exactly as my other fuel selector. I installed new nutplates in the selector. Also, rather than using locktite on the selector fittings, I stagged (or punched) the screw heads as per the selector instructions.
I managed to finish up the few pesky rivets in the F-721B canopy deck. Right where the F-704 bulkhead meets the canopy deck access to some rivets is interesting. I managed to slide the narrow bucking bar above the F-704 uprights (in the aft canopy deck "channel") and used a second tungsten bucking bar below the narrow bar to buck the rivet. It actually turned out really well.
Since I am on a roll with riveting, I set the six rivets (3 per side) in the arm rest/F-705.
Next...I am on to the gear legs. I want to get working on all the interior center cover area and I think by installing the gear leg weldments will give me something to support myself when I reach over and into the forward cabin. It becomes important to drill these now for the gear leg attachment bolt. Setting up on the work bench, I installed the legs into the weldments and drilled the hole with my 0.311" reamer.
Don't let this description fool you....It took a lot of time to get the weldments cleaned up enough to allow the legs to go in. Also, it was very stressful to get the bolt hole aligned properly enough to drill.
