Title: New F-719-L & F-719B. Also F-902 & F-7101
Fabricated & match drilled new F-719-L and F-719B to correct the rivet edge distance problem detailed in the entry dated 11-24-20 Once again, the joggles that Vans put in the F-719 leave something to be desired. I didn't get an action shot of this, but basically, I used a couple of clamps and a steel plate to lock this down then a dead blow and hardwood block to encourage it to a better fit. I think that these will ultimately need shims on both sides to keep the skin from being wavy here. instead of drilling from the top down, I laid out the holes on the F-719B per print. Then discovered that doesn't work at all and would put them in the radius of the F-719-L just like before. Did a lot of marking, measuring, etc. and finally arrived at a dimension that would work to miss the radius on both pieces of angle while still maintaining edge distance. I suspect that there is enough tolerance buildup that this isn't a once size fits all piece. In this case, the two holes that are common to the clip and the skin stiffener are located 9/32" from the trimmed edge of the F-719B. Anyway, This took a while, but it came out okay. I'm waiting for a replacement F-684 Gusset to come, but in the meantime I didn't see anything preventing me from moving ahead with the next step, which is to fit the F-902 Bulkheads. These didn't really need any fluting, although I had to make one of the tabs for the interface with the main longeron a little tighter with a pair of seaming pliers to get it to fit better. Both sides also needed the cutout for the aux longeron opened up a little (about he thickness of a sharpie line) for clearance. The book says to run a straight edge between the webs of these and make sure they're parallel with each other and perpendicular to the long axis of the airplane so I used 4' level and once I had them looking good, I clamped them top and bottom, then drew lines around the end flanges to indicate their positions. The very next step is to install the F-7101 gear web, and due to the shape, you can't get it in position without removing the F-902 bulkheads, so I had to uncleco everything, position the gear webs, then cleco them back again. The instructions say to make "minor adjustments" for fit and then drill and cleco the web & bulkhead to each other and the skin, but there's a gap between the mating surfaces of the F-902 bulkhead & the F-7101 gear web. Looking at other build logs, it seems like this is a pretty common occurrence. I believe that my minor adjustment will be about a .063 shim between the two, but thats a job for next time. Got a 3 day weekend coming up with the family, and when we get back, hopefully the F-684 gusset will be here and I can bust that out, then get back to this.


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