8/8/2006
Well this landing light project is REALLY taking some time. I've had to make and remake a few pieces, and just when I think I've got it right...frustrating, but I'm still enjoying it. I remade the retainer strips out of .032 so that I can countersink for the rivets, rather than dimple both the strips and the platenuts.
Then I riveted the platenuts on to the strips.
Those came out ok, but I may need to adjust the hole size slightly to get the screw in there. Not a big deal. Here comes the hard part of tonight's work. I really struggled to get the bend right in the top strip to match the rounded top portion of the plexi. I knew this would be an issue, and it's still not quite right, but I'll get it done one way or the other.
I may end up using some pop rivets to rivet the platenut right to the plexi...we'll see how well these line up first. I did get some weather striping installed on the left LE hole to try and keep out any water.
Time consuming for very little progress tonight.
2.0 hours
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