On the first day of my empennage build last October I made a mistake on the first page (I started on the HS). It was a VERY depressing way to start my build but I learned from it. I learned to read each step slowly at least FIVE times before you do anything. I've since read about several other people who made the exact same mistake so that made me feel slightly less inept. Just slightly.
Fast forward to today - the first day of my fuselage build and I made a mistake on the second page. This is the part where you countersink a bunch of holes of various sizes into the left and right bearing bracket assemblies. I swear I stared at the plans for 30 minutes trying to understand what to do before I did anything. Read the steps way more than 5 times and still screwed up. I read the part where you double flush rivet the #40 holes and that got my mind stuck on double flush riveting so I ended up countersinking all the holes on all four brackets. Dang!
Thankfully I only need to replace two inexpensive parts (F-01450-L and R) that weren't even primed yet. I guess I'm kind of surprised this is only the second time I've had to replace parts but I know it will NOT be the last. What scares me the most is making a mistake on something buried deep in a fully assembled structure. I know it's coming....
Fast forward to today - the first day of my fuselage build and I made a mistake on the second page. This is the part where you countersink a bunch of holes of various sizes into the left and right bearing bracket assemblies. I swear I stared at the plans for 30 minutes trying to understand what to do before I did anything. Read the steps way more than 5 times and still screwed up. I read the part where you double flush rivet the #40 holes and that got my mind stuck on double flush riveting so I ended up countersinking all the holes on all four brackets. Dang!
Thankfully I only need to replace two inexpensive parts (F-01450-L and R) that weren't even primed yet. I guess I'm kind of surprised this is only the second time I've had to replace parts but I know it will NOT be the last. What scares me the most is making a mistake on something buried deep in a fully assembled structure. I know it's coming....