I?m pretty much complete with all the metal work on my -10. Over the entire build thus far, the only place where I?m not happy with my metal work is the upper fuse. I have no dings or marks on the entire airframe, something I?m proud of as a first-time builder, except? where the upper fuse skin wraps around the sub panel/panel frame flanges. It?s very difficult to see in the pics, but there are a few outies where circled:
I decided to live with it, but truth be known, it was grating on my OCD every time I glanced at it. While working on this piece I ran into another problem once I riveted the skin to the substructure and tried installing it back onto the fuse. While the center rib flange lined up with the holes in the firewall, the two outer rib flanges weren?t even close. Right rib flange:
Left rib flange:
A call and some emailed pics to Van?s was met with some head scratching ? said they went into the warehouse and noticed the same misalignment? Their answer was to send some angle and have me attach new flanges to re-drill in the proper locations off of the firewall:
OCD getting the better of me, I decided to also start over and replace this:
with this:
I?m at a loss because I can?t seem to get around getting the outies ? I can see them just clecoing the new skin to the new substructure ? let alone what?s going to happen when I hit it with the gun. I?ve hit the corners ? marked with red sharpie in the pic ? with the Scotchbrite wheel as much as I can:
The metal at the corners of the flanges is already thinner than I?d like. Not really sure how to get around this. I?d hate to do all this rework only to get the same stinkin? outies in the same spots?
I decided to live with it, but truth be known, it was grating on my OCD every time I glanced at it. While working on this piece I ran into another problem once I riveted the skin to the substructure and tried installing it back onto the fuse. While the center rib flange lined up with the holes in the firewall, the two outer rib flanges weren?t even close. Right rib flange:
Left rib flange:
A call and some emailed pics to Van?s was met with some head scratching ? said they went into the warehouse and noticed the same misalignment? Their answer was to send some angle and have me attach new flanges to re-drill in the proper locations off of the firewall:
OCD getting the better of me, I decided to also start over and replace this:
with this:
I?m at a loss because I can?t seem to get around getting the outies ? I can see them just clecoing the new skin to the new substructure ? let alone what?s going to happen when I hit it with the gun. I?ve hit the corners ? marked with red sharpie in the pic ? with the Scotchbrite wheel as much as I can:
The metal at the corners of the flanges is already thinner than I?d like. Not really sure how to get around this. I?d hate to do all this rework only to get the same stinkin? outies in the same spots?