Finishing rudder skin stiffeners - 16 July 2008

4.5 hours

Drilling rudder skin stiffeners 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 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 Priming stiffeners(Full size)
After dimpling, the stiffeners and skins were cleaned and primed.
Riveted stiffeners to skin 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.

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