Monday, 25 August 2008
25th August 2008 - Front floor section complete
Finished drilling the front floor section, the supporting tabs, and installing the clinchnuts. Also fabricated the box to cover the hole for the rudder torque tube carry through. This was made from 0.032" 2024-T3 aluminium sheet left over from the Vans. The sides and the bottom of the box were riveted together using AN470-4-4 rivets and then the box was match drilled to the floor which was countersunk for AN426-3-4 rivets. It was good to get the riveting tools out again and after the 10,000+ rivets in the RV9 it was not surprising that I still remembered how to use them!