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Fuselage April 2006 Updates April 24, 2006 Forward Fuselage Structure - 3 hrs Well tomorrow never came. Actually I have done some stuff each day but not enough for an update so now I will get current. I actually got the 684 gussets done but when I was drilling one of them to the steel corner bracket it slipped away from the side firewall angle so I have to redo it. Ordered new one from Van's but you know how their shipping department is on timeliness. So moving on I match drilled the F902 bulkhead and then fit in the F7101 brackets and match drilled to the 770 sideskins and then into the 902. I clecoed these in place as I drilled and now added the forward bottom skin. Tomorrow I will match drill the bottom skin to the bottom angles and bottom firewall angles. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.