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Brent s RV-8 Project N784DE
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Date:  7-11-2009
Number of Hours:  2.50
Manual Reference:  MOD
Brief Description:  Fwd Baggage Door #7

-Fitted the doubler that I cut out and drilled from the previous sessions along with the w/s and noticed that I had too much extra material on the side of the w/s so I marked a long and trimmed it out. That's when I noticed that I had the doubler cleco'd one hole off and it wasn't in need of a trim after all - rats and no .032 to be had. I reached out to Mike and Greg and neither had .032 but after speaking to Mike we thought I could use the .025 I had on hand and it wouldn't make any real material difference.
-I cut out and roughly fit a rib that will help reinforce the bottom of the doubler as it sticks out into the baggage door hole.
-Cut out a new doubler using the old one as a template.
-Match drilled it using the original doubler.
-Fitted it and it looks great.
-Match drilled it to the baggage door hinge support bracket.
-Layed out the new skin that will lay out over the doubler
-Cut in out and trimmed to fit using the band saw and the bench 3M wheel
I'm happy.
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Top pic is the doubler I screw'd up. The bottom pic has the new one installed

Top pic is the doubler I screw'd up. The bottom pic has the new one installed

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Made the reinforcement rib for the doubler

Made the reinforcement rib for the doubler

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Doubler with new skin in place.

Doubler with new skin in place.

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