Patent ID: 8272118

Claim:
A method of preparing a connection of a first fuselage section and a second fuselage section of an aircraft, the first fuselage section and the second fuselage section comprising an outer skin, the method comprising the steps of: arranging a first section opening of the first fuselage section with a second section opening of the second fuselage section; attaching a coupling that contains calibrated bore holes to at least one of the first fuselage section, the second fuselage section, or a stringer element of at least one of the first fuselage section or the second fuselage section; fixing of at least one drilling template via a fixing means and the calibrated bore holes to at least one of the first fuselage section, the second fuselage section, or the coupling using the calibrated bore holes; and without the use of pilot holes, drilling of a group of final bore holes through the outer skin of at least one of the first fuselage section, the second fuselage section, or a coupling using the at least one drilling template, the drilling being accomplished at a drilling speed ranging between approximately 15,000 to approximately 20,000 revolutions per minute.