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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
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
Back rivet practice
So after last night’s back riveting debacle, I posted over at VAF to ask for help with the technique. Turns out the main issue is really cranking up the air pressure to the rivet gun. I’d turned it up a … Continue reading
Posted in Wings
Hours Logged: .5
Aileron brackets, attempted wing skin riveting
Well, we tried riveting the skins, but it didn’t go so well. More on that in a moment. I had a head start by myself – Josie had to work a little late again – so I decided to assemble the … Continue reading
Aileron bracket prep
Yup, I still have yet to do any riveting on the main skins. But I have good reasoning behind it! What I got to thinking about today is that the riveting is an inside job, and doesn’t require nice weather or … Continue reading
Cleanup
OK, so no actual airplane work got done today. It was kind of a hectic day – first I had a flight with Joy, then I ran to Harbor Freight for some garage stuff, then I went up to Weiser … Continue reading
Posted in Workspace
LE skin-spar rivets
I’d figured maybe I could get half of the skin-to-spar rivets done tonight, but I actually got them all done in pretty short order. Guess the tediousness of the blind rivets last night made me forget how easy it is … Continue reading
Posted in Wings
Hours Logged: 2.5
Riveted LE units to spars
Went to work tonight setting all the blind Cherry rivets to hold the LE ribs to the main spar. Before starting, I labeled each rib with the rivet that would be needed. There are three different lengths of rivets required … Continue reading
Posted in Wings
Hours Logged: 2.5
LE riveting finished
Again, not much to report. Josie wasn’t feeling well again, so I came up with a plan to shoot the last few LE rivets myself. I’ve been shooting these rivets with the LE in the cradle, which means that the … Continue reading
Posted in Wings
Hours Logged: 1.5
Bit o'priming
Finishing the LE riveting didn’t happen tonight. Josie ended up working late and didn’t feel well after that, so we’ll wait for another night. In the interests of achieving something, I ran out and primed the corners of the main … Continue reading
Posted in Wings
Hours Logged: .5