The work and pictures from this post are from September 2, 2023.
As I mentioned in the previous post, the bracket had to be MODIFIED again. Once I finished making the bracket, I did a test fit in the location I wanted to mount it in the plane on the sub panel. Come to find out, it was just a “smidge” (technical term) too wide. So, I had to trim off about 1/8” of material from each tank zee. I used my die grinder with a cutoff wheel to trim the material and then sanded the edges with 220 grit sandpaper and a sanding block.
There is just enough material to rivet the nutplates to the tank zees. (Pictures of that in the next post).
Because of the bend in the F-01471 Forward Top Skin, a small portion of the upper right hand corner also had to be removed. Again, I used my grinder and cutoff wheel to trim this area. The two pictures below show the results.
This is after a little bit of sanding to remove the sharp burrs.
