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<\/a>Since the left and right doubler plates are mirror images, one plate on the outside was used to get an idea where the final holes would be located. Note the three double-flush rivets in the upper right of the photos.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Drilling for the spar hole and test fitting the gear weldment followed the Bulletin instructions. A detailed description of my process can be found in a subsequent post.\u00a0 Next came the side doubler installation. Since the left and right doubler plates are mirror images, one plate on the outside was used to get an idea …<\/span> Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rv-10-build-project","category-sb00007rev2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13103"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13209,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13103\/revisions\/13209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>Holes were then drilled in the fuselage sides. The gear weldment was test fit again with the side doublers in place.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Vans supplied templates and a drill guide (for perpendicular orientation) were used to drill the AN4 holes through the fuselage side, custom made shims and gear weldment. The shims were fabricated by hand to exactly fit the gap between the gear weldment and the side doubler plate. Shims were generally tapered in a range from .020″ to .070″ depending on the location.<\/p>\n<\/a>This photo show all the holes match drilled on the right side skin.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>The side doublers were prepped and primed before being riveted into place.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Weldment final fitting and bolt attachment followed.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>More views of the final bolt attachments.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>All bolts were torqued to spec, then highlighted as complete with orange torque seal.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>The refurbished F-1004J Stiffener Angles and F-1004N Center Section Upright Bar were then reinstalled.<\/p>\n<\/a>Finally the F-1099F Wing Root Fairing Supports were attached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"