N546RV
Well Known Member
OK, so I'm working on fitting my upper aft skin, which includes fitting the F-858-1 shoulder harness brackets. These rivet primarily to the skin, but the aftmost rivet holes go through an upper bulkhead flange as well. The plans call for filing down this area of overlap so the anchor can fit tight to both the flange and the skin.
Seeing as how these must be fit with the skin clecoed to the bulkheads, that means a lot of climbing in and out of the tail cone, which sounds particularly unpleasant in the current ~100° Houston heat.
I'm wondering if there's any reason not to instead fabricate shims that are the same thickness as the bulkhead, and place those between the anchor and the skin. To my mind this is 1) easier and 2) does not require the same precision that filing would, which in my mind seems like a win-win.
Any thoughts on this?
Seeing as how these must be fit with the skin clecoed to the bulkheads, that means a lot of climbing in and out of the tail cone, which sounds particularly unpleasant in the current ~100° Houston heat.
I'm wondering if there's any reason not to instead fabricate shims that are the same thickness as the bulkhead, and place those between the anchor and the skin. To my mind this is 1) easier and 2) does not require the same precision that filing would, which in my mind seems like a win-win.
Any thoughts on this?