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Date:  12-22-2022
Number of Hours:  3.00
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Brief Description:  TE Riveted. Ailerons Complete!

I checked the sealant blob from Monday and it looks like it's fully cured now. Moving the ailerons into the house was a good move to speed the curing along.

There was some excess sealant that and extruded into a few of the holes and it was preventing some of the rivets to seat in the dimples properly, so I went through every hole to clear it out. After that I didn't have any further seating issues.

The initial set was done on the back riveting plate. I checked the straightness as I progressed using the method outlined in Section 5 of the plans. The TE was nice and straight.

Using the Cleaveland Tool wedge squeezing set I made the final set and was pretty happy with the results.

I also did a final check of the twist on the table inside the house and found that the LH aileron had about a 1/16 in. gap at the far end. The RH aileron almost perfect. Just a tiny, tine little bit of rocking on the flat table, much less than the LH aileron.

Section 22 complete!
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Rivets loaded into TE and ready for riveting

Rivets loaded into TE and ready for riveting

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Initial rivet set with the back riveting plate. I'm using my new

Initial rivet set with the back riveting plate. I'm using my new "stealth" hose for air pressure.

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Final squeeze with the Cleaveland wedge set

Final squeeze with the Cleaveland wedge set

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