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Date:  11-19-2016
Number of Hours:  6.00
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Brief Description:  Centre Fuselage

What a day, I started installing the bracketry on the main spar carry through expecting to be starting another task after lunch & struck a fairly major snag almost straight away. When attempting to install the 4.8mm rivets that are adjacent to the "body" of the flap motor bracket, my rivet pliers would shear the rivet mandrel about half way along its length, rendering that rivet useless (the mandrel needed to bend slightly for tool clearance), ending up with a rivet not set completely & a stem that is too short for the tool to grip.
Oh what a joy it was to remove them without damaging the brackets & more importantly the spar, it took me hours. Not wishing to repeat that chore, I made an executive decision & elected to install AN3-5A bolts with locknuts in those positions instead of the rivets. Yet again, all day to do a 2 hour task, I need a beer.
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4 AN3 bolts in lieu of 4.8mm rivets

4 AN3 bolts in lieu of 4.8mm rivets

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Front side

Front side

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Rear side

Rear side

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