Joshua's RV-9A Project

Continued work on the center section: laid out and drilled all the holes for snap bushings, drilled the thick bars that attach to the aft piece, drilled the vertical pieces to the lower spar pieces, deburred and spot-primed all the holes.  Started work on the control column mounts by laying out the cut lines and drilling the holes that hold the mounts to the bulkhead.  Filed down a weld spot inside the copilot stick base, so the stick slips all the way into the sleeve.

Also determined (by looking at some other websites, then re-reading the plans carefully again) that my second attempt at the fuel pump doubler was still not correct — all the rivets on this piece have their flush heads on the aft side, not just the ones on the nutplates (which are called out for attention in the manual).  Hopefully, the third time will be the charm…

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