The brackets of the right tank didn’t lean on the main spar for the top holes, this needed some shims to fill the gap. This gap is a result of the other issues I had with the main spar.
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Category: Spars
Outboard fuel tank bracket hole alignment
When I test-fitted the fueltank backplate including the brackets I noted that I needed to fix the hole alignment of the outboard bracket.
Better to fix this now than later with all the skins attached and the fuel tanks ready.
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Missing web stiffener channel
While working on the right wing I noted that one web stiffener channel was missing.
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Right main spar holes
I had to retorque the AN173 bolts to the higher value and found out that the holes were not nicely aligned.
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Primed and assembled the left main spar
After the fixes were done I could prime and assemble the left main spar.
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Left main spar fixes
I had to do the same corrections on the left main spar as I had to do on the right spar.
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Wing spar update on AN3 bolts (trial 2 = better solution)
After reviewing again my update from AN3 to NAS6603 I decided to change to AN173 bolts.
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Left wing spar channel replace
During the initial test fit of the ribs I noted that the channel 109 of the left spar was wrong and the holes of rib 9 didn’t align with the channel.
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Right wing fix and installed NAS bolts (trial 1)
TAF came with an answer about the right wing spar damage so I could continue with the fix and bolting the spar back together.
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Pitot tube bracket and flap torque tubes
Since I needed to mix some epoxy primer for the right wing spar fix I mixed a bit more for the pitot tube brackes and flap torque tubes.
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