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Aft fuselage installation (10-18) panels not flush

Mark Albery

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While pre-assembling to drill the tail spring weldment, I notice that there's no curvature on the aft lower edge of the side skin (F-01473) to match the curvature in the aft bottom skin (F-01479 and the bulkheads.

I can't find anything that addresses this issue. I was wondering if that form should have been done during panel manufacture and somehow omitted or if any action is required to roll those edges to achieve flushness. The gap seems too large to be pulled in with clecos and rivets.

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Besides breaking the edges which I think was called out in the plans, I also had to somewhat aggressively coax (bend) the aft area here as you mention after the fact to get it to sit more flush. The rivets will make it lay down flush but it does require a little bit more bending here.
 
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