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Page 26-14 / 26-21 "no rivet zone" and taildragger step cover plates

iamtheari

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Page 26-21 step 4 says to rivet the baggage ribs to the center bottom skin except for the "no rivet zone" from page 26-14.

Page 26-14 has a hatched area of the center bottom skin for the "no rivet zone." There are also arrows to the forward two holes on each F-01484A cover plate for the taildragger, saying "do not rivet." The aft two holes of the cover plates were riveted back on page 26-10 step 17.

When do the forward two holes of the cover plates get riveted? I did them on page 26-21 step 4 but if I need to drill them out, now is the time...since I also have to drill out the center two holes on each of the F-14140 stiffeners that I inadvertently riveted a couple months back. :)
 
It's been a while and I've been flying without incident for about a year and a half, so whatever I did seems to have worked. I do not recall drilling the rivets out that I mentioned in this post, though.
 
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