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Date:  12-18-2008
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  Leading Edge - Mating left LE Skin to Tank Skin 1

It was exciting to mate the leading edge to the tank to see how things fit. Even my wife came to see. It all looked really good, except near the top the two skins are not flush. It looks like the riveting of the leading edge smashed down the curve a little bit as compared to the tank skin. So I made this little shim to lift up the leading edge skin a bit. I sanded the edges to made a smooth transition off. I made a notice to clear the rivet dimple. The holes are so I can grab it back out if needed, plus one of them will be used to rivet this in place. I removed two rivets and one platenut. The shim fixed the problem. So I rivetted it in and put the rivets and platenut back in.
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Not flush near top

Not flush near top

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Little Shim to raise LE skin

Little Shim to raise LE skin

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First shim on Left LE

First shim on Left LE

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