Tailcone Straightening

I got started on the rear bulkhead and there is a piece you need to manufacture that braces between the rear bulkhead and the rudder stop stiffeners. I got it cut out and was preparing for drilling when I saw that the tailcone had a slight twist in it. I decided to go to Facebook and see if there was any previous question on a tailcone twist and none had posted about it. I went ahead and put my neck on the line to see what answers I would get and luckily out of all of them I did get a few that answered my question rather than making fun of my tool choice or that I had left the blue protective material on the skins. LOL. I drilled ahead and got it perfectly level! I was super happy with the outcome! I wish I had gotten pictures of the final level measurement. I think I was just so happy that it came out perfect that I was excited to move on.

I finalized all of the drilling for the longerons and decided to disassemble to deburr some parts and remove the large quantity of shavings that had piled up. I also felt it was time to get the skins uncovered since most of the work that could scratch them up was done. I am halfway done putting it all back together and hope to finish the assembly and match drilling today.

One tool that I am very happy to have purchased was this tight area drill accessory. Boy this saved my bacon as there were 8 super tight areas around the bellcrank ribs that I couldn’t get even my air drill into. This tool is totally worth the cost!