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Bills RV-7 Build Site
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Date: 3-30-2013
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Number of Hours: 4.50
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Manual Reference: 6-5
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Brief Description: VS assembly
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Rivited rear spar for vetrical stabilizer. This turned out to be more time consuming than expected. I was able to bak rivet most of the flush rivets at the bottom of the spar, but the rivets at the flange of the hinge brackets had to be done with rivet gun and bucking bar because of close tolerances. I was able to use the pneumatic squeezer for most of the standard rivets. and the assembly ended up looking really good. When I completed riveting the spar I brike for lunch, and went to the local Toyota dealership to test drive a Tacoma pick up, with I have been eyeing. Turns out I liked the truck, so I lost the next 3 or so hours buying it. After my return in the new ride, I riveted the skeleton together. Most could be done with the squeezer, but the bottom ribs had to be nailed with the gun. Then I clecoed the skin to the skeleton, so it is now ready for rivets. As you may have noticed, I have elected NOT to prime the alclad parts, either skin interiors or rib and spar parts. Cessna never has, and I am pretty sure they know a lot more about all this airplane stuff than I do. Dissimilar metal parts have and will be primed, just not the alclad.
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Rear VS spar riveted
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VS skeleton riveted
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VS skin clecoed and ready for rivets
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