I missed working on the plane yesterday as I had a bad cold and was running mild fever, basically I felt like crap! Not a fun way to spend vacation. We planned to go to Erie this weekend for Lisa's class reunion, but all the kids are sick too. I felt better this morning so I managed to install the fuel tank attach angle (T405) and reinforcing plate (T410). Not a big job, but I was kind of dreading it because it calls for universal 1/8 rivets and I have been shooting/squeezing 3/32 flush rivets for the last several weeks. I buttered up the contact surfaces and went to town. I did manage to mangle one rivet so I drilled it out. I found the rivets in the plans to be a little short, so I went with -8 vs -7s (length). Also I ran out of proseal. I had ordered an 3.5oz small tube, but the hardener didn't come with it?? Oh well, that wouldn't have been enough to finish anyway. I will move over onto the wings as I have plenty of deburring, dimpling, countersinks, etc to do.
Cleco'd into place and ready to rock n roll (my work friends will like that phrase).
Shooting those AN470-4s wasn't too bad. I only had 6 per tank to do.
