Saturday, July 15, 2023

Re-frabricating the Fwd Fuselage rib assembly - 5 hours

 Upon part inspection I'm just not pleased with my Fwg Fuselage rib assembly. A few holes for the F-7108A rib and the F-7108B angle are not to my liking. I have some rivet holes that holes that are just a bit too open making the rivet fit sloopy. As well as the holes for the AN3 bolts on the canopy brace were not perfectly square in the angle. Likely cause I reamed these by hand in place. Fortunately, the holes in the canopy brace are perfect as I did my final ream on the drill press. 

I had re-ordered a new F-7108A and spent the entire day re-fabricating the entire F-7108 fed fuselage rib assembly. Re-drilled the F-7108A rib to the firewall, I made a new F-7108B Angle and F-7109 Plate.