Brief Description: Finished riveting the skins and elevator end ribs
Lots of work done today. In truth, it was a number of small nitpicky little steps--most of them in tight quarters.
Int he photos below, you can see some of the internal work I was doing on the elevator ends. For strength, you have to use solid rivets rather than blind rivets. As such, you have to "peel up" the skin at the end and reach in with a small bucking bar. Fortunately, thanks to my huge collection of wide and varied bucking bars, I had just the right one.
My wife took these action shots with me in them...Lovely, huh?
The bend looks more dramatic than it is. Aluminum is easy to work with.
