Not a ton of time on the airplane this morning. I did do the following: -Drilled #12 bolt holes for the F812 angle where it attaches to the upper longeron. -Final drilled #30 F812 angle holes and the F819 aft deck to F811 and F810 holes. -Verified the F804 bulkhead cap cleco's were in place. -Verified the F823 mid side skin cleco's were in place.
Next step was to start drilling the cockpit rails, but the instructions make a big deal about the edges of the rails and the side skins need to be flush and mine where close after signifcant clamping but not perfect (probably 1/32" off or slightly more) so I elected to stop and do some research before proceeding with the drill. Good move, but I found out from VAF that others have encountered this and it wasn't a problem so I'll build on.
Drilling the #30 F812 angle holes.
I have a slide clamp and a strap clamping the fuse to get the cockpit rails as close as possible.
The aft section (aft of the slot) is perfect but the front is probably off 1/32 or slightly more.
