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Date:  4-23-2017
Number of Hours:  1.90
Manual Reference:  8-60
Brief Description:  Finish prepping for the rudder cable fairings

I duplicated the holes on the other fairing, then put a few more in for good measure on both of the fairing/fuselage sides. I also added a doubler for the newly drilled rivets so they would be more secure. With all of the holes drilled for both cable fairings - it was a matter of deburring everything, and dimpling the holes. The fairing holes were easy to dimple as I was able to use the squeezer to dimple those…but the “new” fuselage holes needed the pulled rivet dimpler because that is the only way to get to both sides of the fuselage skin. Those are also much more time consuming but they are done now. Lastly, I scuffed the parts, then cleaned and dried them, and then primed them. I primed both sides of the doublers and only the inside of the fairings as they will be primed and painted with the exterior paint. After curing, they will be ready for rivets.
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fairing ready for primer + selfie

fairing ready for primer + selfie

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primed and ready

primed and ready

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