Title: fwdtank attach bracket problem
Planned to start the day with something simple and easy, i.e. match drilling the fwd tank attach brackets so that I could install the nutplate that holds them together after I take the wings back off. Unfortunately, the starboard side had already been pilot drilled by the guys I bought hem from 2nd hand. The pilot hole is in the wrong spot. If it were a #40 hole it would, by dumb luck, be in the right spot to use for one leg of the nut plat, but alas, it's a #30 hole. Several solutions came to mind, but when I called and discussed with Vans, Eric in builder support was of the opinion that the easiest way to correct this was to build a new fuselage side bracket and extend the ears slightly so that he bolt will nest properly. That bracket is .063 4130 steel, which I don't have handy here at home. discovered that there is now a mets supermarket here in ICT, so I placed an order, for an oversized blank with the 90* flange bend already completed.


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