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Saturday, December 13, 2003
Rivet aileron skeletons
Today I riveted the aileron skeletons together. Pretty straight forward.. however...
TIP: Not only should you read the plans but FOLLOW them.
The instructions call for riveting the counterbalance pipe to the nose ribs and then rivet the assembly to the spar. I thought it would be easier to rivet the ribs to the spar first and then rivet the tube on. Yea.. it's easier all right but then you can't get two of the pop-rivets pulled that attach the nose ribs to the tube. I wasn't about to drill out all the rib-spar rivets, so one elevator will not have those two rivets. (Dan C. forgot them all-together, so I'm one up on him. :-) )
Tight spot where I can't pull the rivet
Assembled aileron skeletons
The wintery view out of the shop. I think there is 4-5" of snow.
(Time: 2.5 hours)
