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Date:  6-21-2009
Number of Hours:  2.50
Manual Reference:  Section 6
Brief Description:  Assembling the Elevators

Used the pneumatic rivet squeezer to assemble the Left Elevator Skeleton to the Left Elevator Skin. One issue that came up (that I didn't think to photograph) is the use of blind rivets to secure the aft spar to the skin. The blind rivets that are called out are not the same diameter as the 5/32 rivets used elsewhere. I discovered this after I had riveted the aft spar to the skin. Not wanting to re-drill the blind rivet holes to proper size becasue I couldn't debur the holes or remove the chips, I decided to purchase some steel blind rivets that are 5/32 diameter and install them instead. I found them at Aircraft Spruce and installed them after first dipping them in Valspar polyurethane. I dipped them in the polyurethane first because I was concerned about dissimilar metals. The aluminum skin had already been primed so perhaps I'm being overly cautious but I feel better about the dissimilar metals now.
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Riveting the Left Elevator Skeleton to the Left Elevator Skin

Riveting the Left Elevator Skeleton to the Left Elevator Skin

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Riveting the Left Elevator Skeleton to the Left Elevator Skin

Riveting the Left Elevator Skeleton to the Left Elevator Skin

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Finished Riveting the Left Elevator

Finished Riveting the Left Elevator

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