Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Proud of my achievement. Ailerons are ..next.
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The completed horizontal stabilizer.
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Same goes for the outboard side.
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View of completed riveting with aluminium strip already pasted to cover the lightening holes.
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Slowly does it..Few rivets successfully squeezed into place..MOre to come.
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The outboard aft spar is rivet squeezed instead of blind riveted.
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Riveting the lower aft spar to the skin. Oooch at the end of the day.
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Riveting the lower aft spar to the lower skin using rivet squeezer. Oooch after the last one.
Close up view of the blind rivets.
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Blind riveted the aft spar to the skin.
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Riveted the outboard rib to the skin.
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Riveted outboard rib to the skin.
internal view of rib B before positioning the aft spar . Note the touch up green paint to cover any chipped off primer.
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Riveting the outboard rib using a rivet squeezer.
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DONE!!
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The final riveting along rib B previously known as the NO DRILL zone where the left and right skin overlap.
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view of spar cap riveted to the forward spar and skin.
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The nose ribs are blind riveted to the skin.
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main rib riveted completely to the skin
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the internal view..
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Riveting the main rib to the lower left skin
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Riveting the main rib to the lower left skin.

Friday, March 16, 2007

Now the right skin...
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