ORIGINAL: jymster
ORIGINAL: johnboy151a
You could find a known start point and walk off the distance of each screw with a set of Dividers. No different then walking off Rivet pitch on a full scale sheet metal repair.
Just my 2 cents.....
Good idea, except that you need a way to find out what the distance between the screws is first. You could use the string/tape method, followed by the dividers.
James.
When I was still doing Sheet Metal repairer on Army Aircraft, all I needed was the starting point. You stated that you want 14 screws to hold the fairing, so find the point you want to start and walk the dividers 14 times. Adjust the distance to make it walk the pitch in or out until you have your 14 points and end up back at the point you started.