I drilled an additional hole on each side of the aft flange so that both the forward and aft ends are secure. This hole also goes through the cover plates on each side.
I also drilled an additional hole at the forward end of the fairing. I originally tapped the holes here through the longeron, but that will require thread locking compound to prevent these screws from backing out. I don’t like having to mess with that, so I drilled out the holes to #27 and installed nutplates here.
I used the longeron bending template to mark some additional curves on the empennage fairing. These will bring the flanges in closer to the screw holes which will help them lay flatter.
