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Buck's RV-8
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Date: 7-15-2009
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Number of Hours: 3.10
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Brief Description: Map pocket; tail conduit mount
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I finished fabricating the lower-right map pocket. First, I countersunk the 0.040 sheet to accept the rivets that will attach the stiffener, then prepped and primed both parts. I'll rivet them together tomorrow. I also installed the three platenuts in the fuselage. The lower aft one was a MS21051-L08K one-leg type. (The upper-aft screw will use an existing platenut that also attaches the flap actuator cover.)
The next project was to improve the way the tail electrical conduit was mounted to the aft bulkhead. Previously, I'd attached it with a couple of zip-ties around a bulkhead fitting, but this particular support needs to be absolutely, positively secure, and for a good long time. Once the empennage is mounted permanently, this area will be hard to get to, and the conduit is above the right rudder cable. I fabricated an angle bracket and, with the help of my friend Bill, attached it to a nearby bulkhead and bolted a good old Adel clamp to it. That conduit isn't going anywhere. My mind is now completely at ease about that installation.
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Platenuts for forward edge of lower-right map pocket.
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Platenuts for aft edge of lower-right map pocket.
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Aft end of tail conduit is now secured with an Adel clamp.
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