In Part 17, I prepared all the Stiffeners for the Aft Fuselage section......EXCEPT TWO OF THEM. The F-01486C-L and -R Stiffeners just didn't look right to me. Here is a picture of one of the Stiffeners. The pre-punched holes in both of the Stiffeners are actually in the J-Channel and NOT in the Flanges where they are supposed to be.
I called Van's and was told they knew about the problem and have fixed the errors in the pre-punching. Dale from Van's said he would send me two new F-01486C-L and -R Stiffeners and would make sure they went out the same day. A couple of days later the new Stiffeners arrived.....
Here is a comparison of the incorrectly pre-punched Stiffener (top) and the correctly pre-punched Stiffener (bottom). The new Stiffener shown below has also had the edge work and dimpling completed.
Here are both of the NEW completed Stiffeners ready for Alumiprep, Alodine, and Akzo Primer.
