Brief Description: Worked on repairing fuselage panels
I massaged out the dents in the forward cheek panels and took measurements for a new belly pan from the damaged original. I ran a few beads down the old panel just to see how much it would strengthen the panel. The results were pleasing. I will put 2 beads in the new panel and drill some small holes at the bottom of the beads to allow any water that may find it's way beneath the floorboard to drain out. Hopefully the rolled beads will act as a "gutter". I will need to have a sheetmetal shop form the bends on the edges, since my brake is not long enough. I hope to have the belly pan finished up by the end of the week.While reworking the cheek panels I was able to remove most of the ripples formed by the hand stretcher that the factory used to complete the compound curve at the front of the panels where they meet the bubble (lower left in image #1).
