Canopy Rail Assembly ( 3 hrs )
Completed Steps 5-7 for Sect 38-12: building Canopy Rail Assembly. Deburred, buffed with Scotchbrite, then Primed. Riveted universal head rivets with shop end in Machined C'sinks on bottom of flange. This creates good appearance top side, and nearly flush on bottom for the seal to be added later on flange bottom. Hand bending C01407-L & R Canopy Rails was a new challenge (especially w/in 1/32" of Fuselage side profile), but turned out A-OK. Just proceeded in small increments.
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| riveting with "Main Squeeze" mounted to table |
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| bottom view on left, top view on right. |
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examined curve of Rail. Starts straight
first 16", then curves as approaches camera |
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| aligned to compare curve in LH to RH sides. Seems good. |
