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ER Tank Nutplates and Spar Countersinking

Today was a LOOOOONG day in the shop. To break things up a little, I am going to post in separate posts. First, I attached…

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ER Tank Spar Nutplate Drilling and Countersinking

This morning was tedious, but necessary for the ER tanks. I drilled some #21 holes for the future #8 screws, but now I needed to…

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Extended Range Tank Join Plates

Well, I got back out to the garage this afternoon, but didn’t continue down my list, but I did do something I needed to figure…

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Main Spar Nutplates for Standard and ER Tanks

Up early today, I managed 3.0 in the garage before anyone woke up. The other day, I drilled #21 holes for the ER Tank attach…

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ER Tank Attach Matchdrilling

With only an hour available to me today, I decided to tackle getting some initial holes drilled for the ER tank attachment to the main…

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Rear Spar Riveting, ER Tank Z Brackets

Today was another great day in the shop. Lots of rivets, lots of ER tank planning and work. As you’ll see, I committed to doing…

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