Hi All,
Here's an issue I just discovered on the RV-7 project that I'm completing. Seems the previous builder broke a drill bit off in the fuselage while trying to drill the holes to attach the HS to the fuse. Looks like he then tried to drill the broken bit out, did more damage and didn't manage to get the bit out in the end. Here's a pic:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qu3ZsUofgQRH84WQiZsqQW7EtYQ4Wl-dyg/view?usp=sharing
The hole doesn't go through the longeron but I have no idea how deep the drill bit is embedded. He re-drilled the hole in a new spot, but it's REALLY close to the bend in the angle. No room to get a nylock on, only a metal lock nut. You'd have to grind down a washer to fit. Here's a view from underneath:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Qja9C2x00Z7DaibaDowGZpf8cbySTPJiQ/view?usp=sharing
To make matters worse yet, the hole that is drilled isn't exactly perfectly perpendicular and the bolt head is raised on one side when you put it in.
Thoughts?
MK
Here's an issue I just discovered on the RV-7 project that I'm completing. Seems the previous builder broke a drill bit off in the fuselage while trying to drill the holes to attach the HS to the fuse. Looks like he then tried to drill the broken bit out, did more damage and didn't manage to get the bit out in the end. Here's a pic:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qu3ZsUofgQRH84WQiZsqQW7EtYQ4Wl-dyg/view?usp=sharing
The hole doesn't go through the longeron but I have no idea how deep the drill bit is embedded. He re-drilled the hole in a new spot, but it's REALLY close to the bend in the angle. No room to get a nylock on, only a metal lock nut. You'd have to grind down a washer to fit. Here's a view from underneath:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Qja9C2x00Z7DaibaDowGZpf8cbySTPJiQ/view?usp=sharing
To make matters worse yet, the hole that is drilled isn't exactly perfectly perpendicular and the bolt head is raised on one side when you put it in.
Thoughts?
MK