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Dex RV7A Build
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Date: 12-31-2007
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Number of Hours: 1.50
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Manual Reference: 6-4
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Brief Description: HS Finishing 2
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Nailed on the RH HS Front Spar and clecoed the skin to the skeleton - pic 1.
With Gem's help, had the skins rivetted in an hour and then a quick whistle over with a brush to prime the rivets and touch up where the bucking bar/watch/dirty fingers spoil the primer finish - pic 2.
HS-405 was pneumatically squeezed, produces a lovely job - pic 3.
Overall very straighforward. Couple of points to note are the different rivet sizes where the ribs intersect with HS-702. Also don't, as I did, get into rivet mania and bang a rivet in every hole, you need to leave the 5 open, as shown on the plans, for fitting the empennage fairing later in the build. Can't believe I did it twice!! Lastly, I wasn't too happy with the dimpling, it was definitely acceptable for sure, but I started lightly countersing the skin too, takes seconds and the fit is superb. You only need to take a slither off the skin but the results are gorgeous. Where possibleI'll be doing this to all the skins in future, with the thicker ones. Got a horrible feeling that at the end I won't be satisfied with the LH HS and will build a new HS!!!
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RH HS Assembly.
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Skin Rivets and rivet Priming.
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HS 405 Rivetting.
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