{"id":2104,"date":"2013-04-07T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T21:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2013-05-06T07:52:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T11:52:43","slug":"a-tech-inspection-and-drilling-the-aft-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2104","title":{"rendered":"A tech inspection, and drilling the aft deck"},"content":{"rendered":"

My EAA volunteer Tech Counselor came over this weekend. \u00a0With the fuse upright, I wanted another set of expert eyes to look at our work. \u00a0We ended up fixing a handful of rivets that needed a few more hits with the gun, and also drilled out and replaced a couple that I wasn’t happy with. \u00a0All in all, it was a successful inspection and Bob thinks we’re building a fine ship. \u00a0Thanks again, Bob!<\/p>\n

While Bob was around we rechecked the fuselage level and made a couple of tweaks, then drilled the aft deck. \u00a0This is an important step, since once the deck is in place, the fuselage is torsionally rigid – any twist is locked in for good.<\/p>\n

With level double-checked, I clamped the deck in place and drilled it to the longerons…<\/p>\n

\"Deck<\/a>…and boy is this structure stiff when the deck is in place. \u00a0After drilling – and making a big mess with aluminum shavings – I pulled the deck off and fabricated a couple of spacers for the aft bulkheads.<\/p>\n

\"Aft<\/a>They go here –<\/p>\n

\"Spacer\"<\/a>Turns out that there’s a little gap that will need to be shimmed on the forward bulkhead –<\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a>A little 0.016″ sheet will fix this with no problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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