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Fuselage March 2007 Updates March 04, 2007 Flap Motor & Forward Panel - 4 hrs As I was working on the wiring in the center channel I noticed I still needed to drill a safety wire hole in the end of the flap motor when it attaches to the flap actuator. Since I am trying to complete from the tail forward I figured I would start today by knocking this out. I used a 1/16th bit and drilled the hole. While I had the motor out I went ahead and put a final coat of pain ton the motor channel and side covers. Next I saw a few weeks ago in the RV Builders Hotline a tip on using fine point Sharpies to blackout the letters on your fuel valve plate if you get it engraved by Bill Ester. SO I primed and painted the plate and gave that a shot. I think it will work I just need a few more coats of Sharpie in the letters and it will be good to go. Last I needed to drill the top panel skin and this should be my last debur and dimple of any skins. After drilling the skin I removed it and noticed the center rib that runs from the firewall to the panel was not predrill like the outside 2 ribs. This needs to be done with the skins on to make sure the center rib stays lined up. So I clecoed the center firewall area and the left and right ribs for lineup and stength. Then I used a rivet fan to match the holes of the outside ribs. drilled the top hole and clecoed the rivet fan in place and then did the other 4 holes. Removed the skin again and now its ready to finish up drilling the subpanel assembly. I will do this tomorrow night. 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.