31 August 2008
Riveting rudder skin
2.5 hours
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Another view of counterbalance weight (Full size) Another picture of the counterbalance weight, and the shop heads of the counterbalance rib to skin rivets |
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Skin rivets (Full size) The top 6 rivets on each side can be done with the squeezer, but the bottom 3 need to be done with the rivet gun. Had to do the lower rear rivet on one side 3 times as it is so floppy with no support. The rivet head was not seated the first two times. |
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