Yesterday spent about 6 hours total doing prep of the skeleton parts of the VS. Lots of deburring and drilling (not in that order). Pre-assembled the skeleton and skin, test fit and match/final drilling. Dimpled the skeleton parts.
I did make two mistakes: On the lower rudder hinges I drilled #12 one hole each that should have been match-drilled #30 to the main VS spar. New parts ordered. I also over-trimmed for skin fit the VS-705 nose rib - there wasn't enough material to match drill the forward-most hole. New part ordered. I will flute the front of this part to help the skin fit and limit the material I remove. I probably could have gotten by in both cases by drilling riveting other holes in the first instance and just "building on" in the second. But I want to develop the habit of doing everything as "by the book" as possible.
Today - 2.5 hours prepping parts for the rudder assembly.
I did make two mistakes: On the lower rudder hinges I drilled #12 one hole each that should have been match-drilled #30 to the main VS spar. New parts ordered. I also over-trimmed for skin fit the VS-705 nose rib - there wasn't enough material to match drill the forward-most hole. New part ordered. I will flute the front of this part to help the skin fit and limit the material I remove. I probably could have gotten by in both cases by drilling riveting other holes in the first instance and just "building on" in the second. But I want to develop the habit of doing everything as "by the book" as possible.
Today - 2.5 hours prepping parts for the rudder assembly.
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