StressedOut
Well Known Member
I'm trying to do the final drill of the #40 holes between the E-913 counterbalance skins and the E-903 and E-904 tip ribs. I'm having a real hard time trying to get some of the holes to align. I've contacted Van's technical support already and gotten a response, but their suggestions haven't worked so far. I thought I'd throw this out to the VAF and see if anyone has experienced this same issue.
I've done the fluting of the E-903 per page 09-02, step 5 and it's pretty flat. The E-904 rib came fully fluted from the factory, but it wasn't very flat. There was about 0.200 in. out of plane, so I "defluted" best I could to bring it back to flat.
When I cleco the assembly together, a group of holes are misaligned by 1/3 to 1/2D.
Has anybody experienced this and more importantly, how do you deal with it? Sorry for the giant picture. I'm not sure how to reduce its dimensions.
I've done the fluting of the E-903 per page 09-02, step 5 and it's pretty flat. The E-904 rib came fully fluted from the factory, but it wasn't very flat. There was about 0.200 in. out of plane, so I "defluted" best I could to bring it back to flat.
When I cleco the assembly together, a group of holes are misaligned by 1/3 to 1/2D.
Has anybody experienced this and more importantly, how do you deal with it? Sorry for the giant picture. I'm not sure how to reduce its dimensions.
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