Ready to start priming and it was a huge day. For the cockpit I had decided to change things up and go with a 2-part epoxy primer. No doubt the cockpit is going to take a lot of abuse so why not toughen things up. The prep was extremely long. Wash, scrub, acid etch, so on
More dimpling work on various parts. I focused on finishing up the dimpling for the F-796 shims and the F-902 bulkhead. After a bit of research that the F-770 side skin, the F-902 bulkhead and the thinnest F-796 shim (0.032") is dimpled, while the thickest F-796 shim (0.063") is countersunk. This allows the F-796B reinforcement angle to sit nicely in place.....no need to countersink the angle.
This is actually a number of small sessions from Nov 1st through the 4th. Lots and lots of edge breaking and deburring. Super boring.
Before I started to drill the pitot/wiring hole in the side skin. I noticed that the hole I made in the F-715 seat rib (using the tooling hole) does not line up with the pilot hole in the F-770 side skin. I did some research on this and looks like I am not the only one who has done this. (Wirejock has done it as well).I decided to use the hole i made in the seat rib as a guide and ignore the pilot hole in the side skin.
Short build day today, been occupied with a million other things.
I finished installing all of the rivets in the F-706 bulkhead.
I’ve been off the build for a while. My daughter Reed got very sick with appendicitis and was in the hospital for about a week. I stayed nearly the entire week there with her, so the build was on pause. She is all good now, so I am eager and motivated to get back to work. Lots of work was done today and little in the way of pictures to show all of it.
I started the day by deburring all of the holes in the F-772 forward bottom skin.
I also drilled the wiring/static holes in the F-724 bulkhead ribs.
I needed to spend some time working on the F-706 bulkhead. Lots of little items to do here. In particular I have to dimple a number of holes for #8 countersunk screws all because I have chose the removable baggage and floor panels. It's always stressful dimpling these holes as they are prone to cracking if you are not careful.
I followed the same method as usual. I debured, then used scotchbrite on the dremmel. Switched to #800 grit sandpaper and polished the hole with the dremmel. A little WD-40 and dimple.
Once all the holes (and there are a lot of them). I drilled them for the nutplate, and then cleaned and spot primed.
