I'm currently slow building the RV-10 fuselage and have had to comply with SB-00007 as part of the mid-fuse bulkheads. The SB is the remediation procedure for the cracking described in SL-00003. For my kit, I needed to enlarge the holes in the center section to match the new landing gear mounts.
Ok, so the hole enlarging went fine and I can easily slide all the bolts in the center section holes. The right side landing gear mount also went fine, but I am having a terrible time with the left side. Specifically, the AN3 bolts that go across the top of the landing gear mount across the top of the bulkhead will not line up. Everything else (the AN4 bolts, AN5 at the corner, and two AN3 bolts at the offshoot down at the bottom) are fine. The overlap/misalignment is not huge, but enough to see when looking straight down through the gear mount holes. I've put the gear mounts next to each other and it's possible there is a slight bend in the left one, but I could also be seeing things.
I am talking with Vans support but was curious if anyone else has encountered this, either during the SB on a flying plane or on a slow build fuse.
Thanks,
Alex
Ok, so the hole enlarging went fine and I can easily slide all the bolts in the center section holes. The right side landing gear mount also went fine, but I am having a terrible time with the left side. Specifically, the AN3 bolts that go across the top of the landing gear mount across the top of the bulkhead will not line up. Everything else (the AN4 bolts, AN5 at the corner, and two AN3 bolts at the offshoot down at the bottom) are fine. The overlap/misalignment is not huge, but enough to see when looking straight down through the gear mount holes. I've put the gear mounts next to each other and it's possible there is a slight bend in the left one, but I could also be seeing things.
I am talking with Vans support but was curious if anyone else has encountered this, either during the SB on a flying plane or on a slow build fuse.
Thanks,
Alex