I bought a 12" # 19 drill bit on the way home. I drilled out the right fuel tank skin screw attach holes by drilling up from the bottom trough the bottom flange then through the top flange and finally the skin. I'd drill 3 or 4 holes then put a cleco in. After drilling the top row of holes, I started setting up to drill the bottom side holes and then decided to hold off until after I had assembled the fuel tanks. This way I can be sure the holes line up laterally (length of the wing). If I drill both sides now, I run the risk of them not lining up perfectly once the tank is assembled.

I hung the right wing in the wing stand and setup the left wing for drilling. Junkyard MegaWars was on so I didn't get a lot done.

(Time: 2 hours)
- posted by Matthew @ 9/17/2003 06:26:17 AM