Joshua's RV-9A Project

Continued drilling the center section where I’d left off, until I realized I made a big mistake.  Turns out the F-904H doublers are not symmetrical — there are 17 holes on one vertical row, and 18 on another.  The left one had been clamped on correctly, but the right one was reversed; guess which I drilled first.  Sigh.  The recovery won’t be as bad as it could be, though; Van’s sells replacement center section side pieces, so all I need to do is drill out the 40-some rivets holding those onto the main piece, and replace, then re-drill with the 904H plate oriented correctly.  The only awful rivets to drill out will be those -14′s that hold the reinforcing bar in place.  I’m going to order some -22′s to have on hand for those, and just cut them to length as necessary.

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