I realized after I had riveted a few rivets that I forgot to debur and dimple and countersink the upper hinges. I undid my work and got everything fixed. It then took a bit to do the riveting because the rivet sizes needed to be longer. But it is all done and ready to move forward.
I got the rest of the hinges drilled today as well as the shim dimpled and the hinges countersunk. All I have to do tomorrow is rivet all of this together and this section will be done. Should be roughly another hour.
I got all of the hinges cut and put in place with their initial drilled holes. It then took me the rest of tonight’s time to get the top hinges done because they are pretty stiff and didn’t want to conform to the tight bend. I’m going to imagine they want us to bend that to relieve the stress because once I rivet that to the fiberglass cowling it will deform it, where the body has alot more structure to hold its shape. Either way, if it doesn’t I will bend it so it doesn’t deform it.
I am needing to spend more time here for the foreseeable future studying for my commercial checkride. So I’ll still be spending time building but I’m going to have to limit it some. I got the hinges and the shims for them cut today. These will go along the firewall and will attach the cowl to the fuselage.
