I may have just destroyed my project. I'm having a lot of trouble aligning the U-803 brackets 3/16" in from the outer edge. I actually didn't do it on one side, and drilled the longeron with it flush - which means that hole is probably impossible to get a washer and nut on due to it being so close to the edge of the inside.
You can see how far off from center it is. What do you think? Is it impossible to get the washer and nut on, or is it possible? If this is a mistake that isn't recoverable, I'm pretty much hosed.
![IMG_3618.JPG IMG_3618.JPG](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/47/47237-c4938ce020887d2707ed4232cbc67a0a.jpg)
The reason for this is that I'm worried about edge distance on the skin and F-802L-1. If I try to put the bracket 3/16" in like the directions say, I will need to remove quite a bit of the edge of the aft Zee channel (F-802L-1) - see the arrows below.
![IMG_3619.JPG IMG_3619.JPG](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/47/47239-49b0076ce5c3e6908bc3305e40cc5a85.jpg)
If I have things flush with the edges, then this would align as I've trimmed it right now. But you end up with the hole not being centered, and I think that might make the whole thing impossible to actually assemble.
Any ideas? I really hope I didn't just turn my fuselage into trash. These parts are extreamly buried, and some of the first that go together. You can see below the aft F-802L-1 sticks out further than the fore one, and it interferes with the gear bracket. I'd have to trim it back probably 2/16" or so - and that would make that skin rivet awfully close.
![IMG_3617.JPG IMG_3617.JPG](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/47/47240-8c91f5a44c72b667b0e63167ef89d9d1.jpg)
You can see how far off from center it is. What do you think? Is it impossible to get the washer and nut on, or is it possible? If this is a mistake that isn't recoverable, I'm pretty much hosed.
![IMG_3618.JPG IMG_3618.JPG](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/47/47237-c4938ce020887d2707ed4232cbc67a0a.jpg)
The reason for this is that I'm worried about edge distance on the skin and F-802L-1. If I try to put the bracket 3/16" in like the directions say, I will need to remove quite a bit of the edge of the aft Zee channel (F-802L-1) - see the arrows below.
![IMG_3619.JPG IMG_3619.JPG](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/47/47239-49b0076ce5c3e6908bc3305e40cc5a85.jpg)
If I have things flush with the edges, then this would align as I've trimmed it right now. But you end up with the hole not being centered, and I think that might make the whole thing impossible to actually assemble.
Any ideas? I really hope I didn't just turn my fuselage into trash. These parts are extreamly buried, and some of the first that go together. You can see below the aft F-802L-1 sticks out further than the fore one, and it interferes with the gear bracket. I'd have to trim it back probably 2/16" or so - and that would make that skin rivet awfully close.
![IMG_3617.JPG IMG_3617.JPG](https://vansairforce.net/data/attachments/47/47240-8c91f5a44c72b667b0e63167ef89d9d1.jpg)