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Date: 2-13-2016
Number of Hours: 4.60
Manual Reference: 13-05/11
Brief Description: Ballast Compartment

Trimmed layups, profiled flox around nose bumper. Marked and cut inspections window in Ballast Hatch & cut foam for backing flange. Cut up most of my remaining BID for tapes. Micro'd backing foam to Ballast Hatch interior. 4 x BID around nose bumper, overlapping 1" onto bumper and nose. Hot glued NG-31, aft side down, to work bench. Floxed and taped NG-32's to NG-31, forming a flange aft. Started cutting nose upper brace foam. No BID left to cover it.

Marking Ballast Hatch window

Taping on NG-32

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