10/31/2005
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Tonight I drilled and mounted the z brackets (except for the inboard one). I used the method Checkoway describes at http://www.rvproject.com/20020605.html. Last night I marked the side to side and front to back centerlines of one of the flanges on each bracket. This was for locating the center platenut.

I drilled these holes and then clecod them to the spar. I was careful to make sure that they were true to the spar. Then I clamped one side and then drilled the holes for the other side. The I inserted another cleco and drilled the other side.

I drilled the nutplate rivet holes by first bolting on a nutplate with a short bolt and 5 washers. This made it so that I didn't have to thread through the squashed part of the nutplate. After doing the holes I deburred and then countersunk the holes on the drill press. Then I riveted on the nutplates and bolted the z brackets to the spar. The inside z bracket has nut plates on the spar. I'll get to these tomorrow.

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