18 April 2010
Riveting left aileron
7.0 hours
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Priming aileron parts (Full size) Cleaned, primed all aileron parts |
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Riveted A903 and A908 (Full size) Riveted the doublers to each end of spar, plus the nutplate on the inboard end of spar |
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Riveted doubler (Full size) None |
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Riveted counterbalance to ribs (Full size) Riveted A-909 counterbalance to A-904 ribs. Then riveted this assembly to the A-903 spar. |
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Riveting A-905 ribs to assembly (Full size) Riveted the ribs to the spar. |
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Installing skins to skeleton (Full size) Cleco'd the upper and lower skins to assembly. Then cleco'd A-901 skin to assembly. Riveted A-901 skin to ribs. |
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Riveting skins to spar (Full size) Rivet the skins to the spar with the assembly in the saddle. |
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Rivet skins to ribs (Full size) After finishing the spar line, took assembly out of the stand and riveted the skins to the ribs |
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Glueing trailing edge (Full size) Using fuel sealent, smeared the AEX wedge and cleco'd it all together and left for cure |
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