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Date:  3-14-2014
Number of Hours:  7.00
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Brief Description:  Final Assembly

Mixed up some tank sealant and place bead around front flange of firewall and forward side skins
Clecoed Forward side skins to fuselage
Clecoed gussets to lower longerons, mid longerons and upper longerons
Installed the MSP-42 blind rivets in the side skins near Center Section per plans
Clecoed the F807 bulkhead in place
Riveted the F818 rib angles to the F818 baggage ribs. Riveted the K100-3 nutplates to rib angles
Clecoed and riveted the baggage ribs to F807 bulkhead and F814 inboard seat ribs
Cleaned some of the K1100 nutplates with laquer thinner, dried them and primed them with some green (rattle can) ethcing primer. Been doing this with all my nutplates since beginning construction.
Dimple countersunk he K11008 nutplates and riveted them to the aft skins cover plate openings
Installed three nutplates on F888 Mid Longerons
Clecoed and riveted the F888 Mid longerons to aft side skins
Clecoed the left and right aft side skins to fuselage
Clecoed and riveted the vertical stab bars and the F811C angle to F811A bulkhead
Prepared to drill 1/4 hole
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Preparing to rivet F807 bulkhead to outboard seat rib

Preparing to rivet F807 bulkhead to outboard seat rib

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Baggage rib and angle

Baggage rib and angle

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Stab bars and F811 riveted

Stab bars and F811 riveted

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