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<\/a>Here the backer is placed beside the tunnel for initial fitting and drilling.<\/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 The left photo shows the nibbled inspection hole. The right shows the top and left sides rough filed into shape.\u00a0 Tomorrow I hope to finish off the rough shaping, then do final smoothing and fitting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n DECEMBER 26<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I bought an inspection plate from AirWard for later inspection of the boost pump and central tunnel wiring.\u00a0 The installation of the backer and plate is fairly straightforward, but getting a comfortable position to work on the QuickBuild kit is not easy. Here the backer is placed beside the tunnel for initial fitting and drilling. …<\/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":[39,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-custom-elements","category-rv-10-build-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","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=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rv10.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Here all the rivet holes are match drilled with the tunnel wall.<\/p>\n<\/a>The cover plate is clecoed into position to mark the edges for cutting out the hole.<\/p>\n<\/a>I used a nibbler to rough out the inspection hole using the same technique as for the NACA vents.\u00a0 Some people use a sabre saw or similar mechanical device, but I seem to get in trouble quickly with such devices.\u00a0 The hand method is very much slower, but I have better control and fairly good results so far.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Kneeling in the cabin to hand file the edges took a few hours to complete.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Final fitting on the inspection plate, then SEM prime the tunnel opening.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Retaining bracket front and rear after SEM priming and nut plates installed.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Bracket clecoed in position, the final rivets installed.<\/p>\n