Author Archives: pclifton

Final top skin riveting, pt II

Not a lot to report tonight, Josie was able to help me move the left wing to the bench so I could squeeze the top skin-rear spar rivets. That concludes riveting on the top skins, with the exception of a … Continue reading

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Misc wing stuff, ruined parts

I was originally going to work on the skin-spar rivets for the left wing today, but Josie pulled a muscle or something in her back yesterday, so I couldn’t really ask her to help move that wing to the workbench. Instead … Continue reading

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Final top skin riveting, pt I

Kind of a token night of work this time. I considered taking the night off, but I like the feeling of momentum I have on the project right now, so I figured I’d at least do a little bit. What … Continue reading

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Wing storage cart

As planned, I went in and left work early today. Got home not too long after 5, changed, and went right to work on the wing cart. The tough part of this is that, since I was recycling the bases … Continue reading

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Rivet QA, wing cart work

Tonight I just went out, inspected the rivets we shot last night, and marked the few that needed to be shot a little more. All told it was maybe 20 or so, not bad at all. It would have been … Continue reading

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Wing skin riveting done*

We jumped right into skin riveting after dinner tonight. Not really a lot to comment on, just more of the same stuff from the last couple of times. Only difference is that we got through the rest of the right … Continue reading

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Wing skin riveting and other stuff

Unsurprisingly, the main task of the day was to keep going on skin riveting. Around early afternoon the left wing was all done: Well, except for those clecos at the bottom. Those are the skin-spar rivets, and they’d be tough … Continue reading

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Aileron stiffener priming, wing skin riveting

Finally got some skin riveting done! But first some good news – I flew again with Joy in the Citabria this morning and after the flight, she flipped to the back of my logbook and endorsed me as a competent … Continue reading

Posted in Ailerons, Wings | Hours Logged: 4.5

Aileron stiffener match drilling and dimpling

Tonight I clecoed all the aileron stiffeners in place on their skins and match drilled: Then I deburred the holes and dimpled the stiffeners: I wasn’t quite ready to quit, so I found a small stupid job to take up … Continue reading

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Aileron stiffeners

So yeah, still no more riveting activity. Josie has been under the weather the last couple days, and as much as I’d like to go shoot some rivets, it’s not worth pushing her to help when she’s tired and/or not … Continue reading

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