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Date:  12-9-2005
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  Tail cone sides

Drilled fuselage side skins, laid out right and left sides separately for access holes and rudder cable exit point (drawing is kind of subtle on noting this difference). Rudder cable exit point is different from side to side because the rudder is hinged on one side, not in the center. The access holes are different because one is for the elevator pushrod, the other is to secure the horizontal stabilizer forward spar to the fuselage. Cut these openings and deburred. Also formed 14 degree break on leading edge of both skins same method as I used to form the windshield retention flange on the forward fuselage sides - clamp sheet to edge of work table, back sheet with straightedge, push sheet down with small hardwood board working gradually until correct angle is obtained. Since I worked slowly all the way along the bend, this is probably better than I could have done by trying to build a door-hinge wooden brake.
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String shows almost 1/4

String shows almost 1/4" extra material in the cut edge.

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View along string shows extent of difference.

View along string shows extent of difference.

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Material removed from 1 sheet.  2nd sheet similar.

Material removed from 1 sheet. 2nd sheet similar.

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