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Almost finished… the tailcone

Hours: 6 Manual Ref: Page 10-20 step 7; Page 10-21 step 5; Page 10-22; Page 10-23 steps 1 & 2; Partner: N/A

With the rivet set extension, I was able to finish riveting the 4 AN470AD4-4 rivets that hold the rudder stop brace to the F-1012 bulkhead. I thought match drilling the #12 hole in the F-1011D attachment support angle was going to be more of a problem than it actually was. The hole location is very close to the F-1014 aft deck. But, using a 12” #30 bit to match drill the hole, then using a #12 bit from the other side did the trick. The rest of the riveting went fairly well. The top skin is cleco’ed back in place, now the task is to figure out how to rivet it. It will be a challenge.