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Started work on the F-917-R&L Lower Longerons

These dudes are labor intensive (at least they were for me). The instructions say that these are "simply lengths of AA6-125 x 1 x 1Y4 angle". In the next version of the instructions I think the word "simply" needs to be left out. The first thing that needs to be done is the removal of part of the flange on the ends of each longeron. The drawings show that one side of the angle needs to be flat, with no trace of the other side of the angle left. I did the best I could cutting off the flange with the bandsaw and then finished off the cut with a long visit to the scotchbrite wheel. They both turned out OK.

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