08-16-2012: 1.5 hrs
For some reason, I trimmed the fwd end of the F719-R stiffener too much, leaving a unacceptable edge margin. I have to re-order this 8 dollar parts. Shipping is going to charge me at least $7.5, so I just ordered the van's pre-fabricated kit specific wiring harness. There are some negative comments about this harness unless if you want to build a panel like van's demo aircraft. I definitely want a more "advanced" panel, but I think it will be a good starting point since I really don't have much wiring experience. I am thinking at least I can use most of them, and I got example to follow.
The other stupid thing I did is the aft most hole of the right fwd stiffener F719. Since there is no way to clamp the stiffener, I thought I will drill the hole first, then cleco it to the skin and F704 bulkhead. No problem. I drilled the hole using #30 bit. When I try to cleco it to fuselage, I realized that the hole on the skin and F704 is #40. This was before I trimmed the fwd end, so what I did is to drill the skin and F704 flange to #30. There is no problem of doing that since there are many #30 holes on the F704, so the edge margin isn't a concern. Now, I need to order a new stiffener, I could have just left the skin and F704 flange as is if I knew that. No big deal, but I hate to deviate the plan due to this.
Now, waiting for the parts. I will continue on the left side stiffener.
F719B clips are fabricated
The fwd end of the F719 is trimed too much, leaving a short edge margin
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