I started out today trimming the cured carbon fiber 2-ply layup on the interior side of the right strake hatch door.  Clearly I pulled the bits of peel ply off as well.

I then pulled peel ply, razor trimmed and sanded the edges of the edge ply of BID I laid up on the left strake storage compartment opening.

And did the same thing on the right side as well.

Using my painters tape and super glue trick, I reattached the left strake storage hatch door to the hinge, and after ensuring the placement and geometry was correct, I drilled out two (2) 3/16″ holes through the hatch door and the underlying hinge flange.

On the right side I verified the size and shape of the hatch door, and also glued the hinge to the door.

I was pleased that my geometry, and thus clearance, held on the right strake hatch door.

After one final bit of gently coercing it into its final position . . .

I then drilled my hinge mounting bolt holes on the right strake hatch door.

Here are the bolts attaching the doors in place on each side.

I then wrote out some thoughts on tape for each side for how to finalizing the fit and install of each door on each side.

This was another long day of figuring things out on these doors, dialing stuff and trying not to miss of the important minutia details.  It was late and I was very ready when I called it a night.

Pressing forward!