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January 2006 Fiberglass
1/1/2006
Happy New Year!! I'm happy to start 2006 with a good work day in the shop. First, I reinstalled the trim tab that I removed for my tech counselor to look at. Then I dimpled the HS tips and countersunk the HS fiberglass tips. I'm gonna wait to install these because I think there will be some trimming to do, and I need to fill the open end with foam and filler. Then I moved on to the elevator tips. These did get riveted in place. I match drilled the tips first to #40 then to #30. You can see in the pic on the right, that there is a definite gap that will need to be filled.
Then I deburred and dimpled the elevator edges and countersunk the tips. I trimmed the tips a little to allow for some edge rounding of the counterweight to fit the HS tips nicely. After the trimming, I riveted them in place.
You can see above the trimming that I did on the tips so I can file down the weight to fit better.
3.0 hours
1/3/2006
Tonight was a pretty quick work night, but I did get the VS tip drilled, deburred, dimpled, and countersunk. Pretty much the same stuff as above.
I also re-glued the left HS tip AL. For some reason, there are a couple of places that the T-88 didn't hold when I drilled the holes. So, I mixed some more and I'll let it sit overnight. This is about the last thing I need to do before mixing up some microfiller and teach myself how to use the stuff! I hope my clecos come out tomorrow!
0.75 hours
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