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RV-9A Wing Construction Log
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Rivet right flap top skin
Sandi came out and helped me buck a couple of rivets to hold everything in place. Then I put the flap back in the cradle and riveted the rest of the skin/spar rivets and also riveted the top skin to the ribs. Pulled it out of the cradle and laid it on the flap table. I need to get some bags of sand to put inside the skin to hold it down.
I think the buckled skin problem was of my own doing. I've acquired a DISEASE. I'm naming it the "Builder thinks he's smarter than the kit manufacturer" disease.
The instruction say to cleco the nose skin, top skin and spar and rivet it. I thought that maybe I should cleco the bottom side as well just to hold everything in place. The was the wrong thing to do as when I put it in the cradle it put the twist/buckle in it. Oh well... live and learn I guess.
(Time: 2.5 hours)
