Title: Wing root fitting, bottom skin riveting, continued.
The guide hole in the rear spar attachment fitting got marred while mounting the wing on the rotisserie. It will be drilled out to a larger size as part of the process of mounting the wing, but I was worried about it. I showed it to Mike Silvernagel who predicted that the hole would get fixed in the course of the wing mounting process. I also took pictures of it and sent them to Mark Goldberg. He concurred. He said they had dealt with this issue in two planes at the factory and it worked out fine. There is no need to change the spar fitting. If the damage isn't removed by drilling the hole to the final 5/16 size, it can be drilled out to 3/8 and a bigger bolt used, which still maintains plenty of edge distance. We can involve the designer as needed at any time. Since we did not need to access the wing spar mounting fittings, I elected to rivet the bottom skin around the root, and finished all the fuel tank bay nutplates on that skin. There are only a few bucked rivets to finish, but I prefer to have the boys help me, since they have a better feel for the rivet gun, and I can concentrate on the bucking bar, as I have been so far.


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