It looks like this has come up before, but I guess I just need to be reassured since I'm new at this.
While drilling the inboard (non-prepunched) section of the HS-702 front spar flange to the HS-801PP skin, I came upon a problem with the last hole, which goes through the 801, then the 702, then the top of the HS-405 flange. As you can see from the photos below, there isn't sufficient minimum edge distance on the 405 flange.
Per the plans, I pushed the 702 tightly against the front flange of the 405, and even drew a centerline on the 702 to make sure those distances were acceptable. But since the position of that top hole is set by the 801PP skin and the pre-formed 405, I don't think there's any way NOT to end up with this.
It looks like RVG8tor contacted Van's about this very problem and they said it was okay, since the "HS-405 rib flange has been slightly short ever since the first kit RV-4." I'm tempted to call myself unless the consensus from you guys is, "build on."
Thanks!
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While drilling the inboard (non-prepunched) section of the HS-702 front spar flange to the HS-801PP skin, I came upon a problem with the last hole, which goes through the 801, then the 702, then the top of the HS-405 flange. As you can see from the photos below, there isn't sufficient minimum edge distance on the 405 flange.
Per the plans, I pushed the 702 tightly against the front flange of the 405, and even drew a centerline on the 702 to make sure those distances were acceptable. But since the position of that top hole is set by the 801PP skin and the pre-formed 405, I don't think there's any way NOT to end up with this.
It looks like RVG8tor contacted Van's about this very problem and they said it was okay, since the "HS-405 rib flange has been slightly short ever since the first kit RV-4." I'm tempted to call myself unless the consensus from you guys is, "build on."
Thanks!
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