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Sunday, December 2, 2018

Cowling fastener work

I mocked up the fairings and flanges to figure out the spacing for the skybolt fasteners that would work with the parachute harness fairing. I used 3" spacing for the fastener above the parachute fairing and then the standard 3.5" spacing for the 4 flanges below.

Mocking up the flanges for the left side. (Both skybolt flanges on either side of the fairing had to be cut down for the fairing to fit.)

Left side skybolt flanges riveted on:

Mocking up the right side flanges. (This side went very quickly.)

Right side flanges riveted on: