Category: Fuselage

Today as I prepared to cut the holes in the right skin I realized that I really needed to remove the protective wrapping in the area. I used my soldering iron to melt the plastic and remove it. Then I remeasured and layed out the holes and then checked against the left skin. The two sides appear to be a good match. I drilled #40 holes along the perimeter of each of the cutouts. After cleaning up the cut outs with a file, sand paper and scotch bright I cut out the last hole for the rear spar carry through. I have not cut the hole for the vent as I plan on installing a Van’s vent later.

I am continuing with the drilling of the aft tunnel web today. I still have a few #33 holes to up drill to #30. These are the ones in the shear web. I’m going to use two #33 drill bits plus some silver clecos to keep things alight while I get two #30 holes drilled.