Vans Diagnosis....

There is a feeling of wanting to quit when things go bad.  You shift from the mentality of "how do I resolve this?" to "how do I get out of this?".  In Physiology they call it 'Fight or Flight', in Project Management they call it things like 'Anxiety' or 'Stress Management'... call it what you want but it's a very powerful feeling and it's something I've been aware of since I was a kid.   My dad taught me back then that when you're working on a project (In that case a skateboard ramp) and you get to a point where you're annoying, angry or otherwise distraught about the project you're working on to take a break and come back later with renewed energy.

That's what I did, be it only 24 hours... that 24 hours was enough time for me to mentally grasp and accept the current position I'm at and look forward to what I need to do to resolve it.  Vans stance seems to be if there's any deviation from the plan the first step is to view what needs to happen to get it back to plan.  In my case these parts are all still loose parts so there's really no reason why I just don't replace the parts that have been impacted and move on with the build.  So that's what I'm doing.....

To correct this issue I need to replace the following;

• F-1032-R Right Longeron
• F-1032-L Left Longeron
• F-1014 Aft Deck Vans said this can handle a few extra holes
• F-1011D Attachment Bar Support Angle
• F-1011B Stop/Doubler

And since I'll be redrilling through the Aft deck and it may or may not line up exactly like before I also need to replace

• F-1010A Horizontal Stabilizer Attachment Angle (AA6-125X1X1)
• F-1010B Spacer (AS3-125 x 1.000)

This comes out to about $50 in parts, since the longerons are well... long, shipping will be around $30.  So to get this back to plans it's going to cost less than $100 and add a few more hours to the build.  In the mean time I can continue, deburring, dimpling, priming and all the other fun activities that are involved with building an airplane.