Rolled the sucker but how close for F-714

Well, attained one of those milestone everybody talks about. "Rolled the canoe" Tis a nice feeling.



However I do have a question for the collective expertise out in VAF land. I have the fuse level L & R, front to rear and are setting the F-714 aft deck. I can get it to within 0.24 of a degree without much effort. It takes quite a bit of grunt to get it right and I'm worried I will distort something. If I did this with a spirit level I wouldn't get the accuracy I get with a digital level. How did others fair with the step, I would like to get it "spot on" before drilling.

I imagine Vans would tell you that 1/4 of a degree is OK.
Its been too long ago for me to remember if mine was off a smidge. Probably.
Don't take my word. Ask them if you are concerned.

I am curious about the image you posted.
I assume it is NOT level in the picture, and that step was done later?

Another hint. After doing a few things with the fuselage upright, I turned it back over. It was a lot easier to sit in a chair and work (on wiring for instance) rather than climbing in and out of the fragile unfinished fuselage.

Pete
Couple of things. Before drilling the aft deck I installed the rear aft top skin and it pulled everything into alignment. Next, if you have already installed the two keeper rivets in your F-712 bulkhead this may be why you cant fudge it the extra .25 degrees. I put my keeper rivets in the WD-409 after the aft plate was drilled and riveted. Easy access through the inspection panels. Otherwise you have no idea if the F-711 and F-712 bulkhead are aligned. I was able to get my F-704, F-705, aft plate all at 0,0.
Hope this helps.

Perspective ...

Anytime you're debating about less than a degree of level/plumb/alignment, recall there are thousands of RVs flying that were built with a bubble level and no whiz-bang digital aids whatsoever.

Like what was mentioned before, put the top skins on and that will pretty much pull everything into alignment. Verify with the levels and if they are all within a hair or so of agreement, then drill the aft deck.