Actually got to set some rivets today. It's been over three weeks since the last rivet.
Primed the 9101, 996B and 996C parts. Riveted them together and clecoed back on to the forward fuselage. Match drilled the 9101/713 aux longerons, and drilled couple of holes in the 9101/917 lower longerons just to hold things in alignment.
Then started on the brake pedals. Edge deburred all the parts, and made the angles. Match drilled everything, deburred, and countersunk. This all took quite a bit of time.
Then started fitting the brake pedals to the rudder pedal frames.
Here's where I learned something. I had bought AN3-56 bolts at Oshkosh. They were put into service here. Except that they weren't quite right. They would not fit the AN3 nuts that come with the kit, and they wouldn't go through the holes drilled in the rudder pedal frame. The threads were right, but they were just a touch too big in spots.
I noticed that they had an X on the end. Not sure what that means, but if it's like golf balls, then these are factory rejects. These were purchased from one of the small tent vendors in the flea market area at Oshkosh. Hmmm, so they deal in factory 2nds..... In some cases what they provide might be perfectly usable. But I spent about 2 hours trying to get those bolts to fit. Should have quit right away and just ordered good bolts from Aircraft Spruce. I managed to make them work, but I learned a lesson in the process.
After all that, I was a bit too pissed off to enjoy how cool the rudder/brake pedal assemblies look!
