RV-9A: Center Section - 9/22/2008
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 Finished the F-716B Seat Rib Access Plates
I'm going to go ahead put these guys on (just hand-tight) so I won't loose the parts.
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 Got the floor ribs ready
I bent all the flanges to a 90 degree angle to the webs. Then I fluted the long flange on each rib to straighten them out. I also used my unibit to make the electrical wiring hole in each rib.
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 Time for nutplates!
These nutplates go on a lot faster now. I used my ATS alligator hand squeezer to dimple both the rib flange and the nutplates.
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 Here's my hands free squeezer set up.
I fashioned this hand squeezer stand after the one that ATS sells. I got some of that green metal stuff that you put around your garden and made a hand squeezer stand of it. Then I went to Lowes (aircraft and lumber supply) and bought these huge metal bolt thingies to hold the hand squeezer in place. Works pretty good. The term "thingies" is a technical term for "I don't know what the hell this thing is called".
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 All the nutplates are on!
Did you know..... that the bolt will strip before the nutplate will? So if you think you've stripped a nutplate, you probably haven't. Just get another screw or bolt. Don't ask me how I know that.
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 Clecoed the seat ribs to the F-904 bulkhead
This is looking cool....
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