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Finishing rudder skin stiffeners
4.5 Hours
Drilling rudder skin stiffeners full size
I finished filing, deburring, all the skin stiffeners. Then I cleco'd them to the rudder skin to drill the holes to final size.
Final drilled rudders skin stiffeners full size
I finished drilling all the skins and stiffeners. Then I deburred all the holes, and dimpled the skins and the stiffeners.
Priming stiffeners full size
After dimpling, the stiffeners and skins were cleaned and primed.
Riveted stiffeners to skin full size
After the primer was dry, started the riveting of the stiffeners to the skins. Did this using back-riveting. Very fast and easy.