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Dave White RV-7 Build Site
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Date: 4-3-2010
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Number of Hours: 2.50
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Brief Description: Rivetting remainder of VS skeleton
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Again, a mix of squeezer (this time using the longeron yoke to reach over the spar flange), and rivet gun work, quickly saw the structural skeleton of the VS come together.
I had one annoyance, though: the double-offset rivet set slipped as I was putting the initial rivet in the lower rib-to-spar assembly. Not too much damage done, thankfully, and I will be able to use scotchbrite to blend it out. Worse, though, was that when drilling out the spoilt rivet, I managed to drill through the side of the the rivet hole. I'm taking advice from Van's on how to proceed.
Soon it will be time to rivet the VS skin on, and unfortunately the primer finish on one side of the skin isn't great. Consequently I have degreased it again with deoxidine and sprayed a little more primer onto the affected area. I can also take the opportunity to touch up part of the forward VS spar that seems to have missed out in its own spraying session. They're drying overnight.
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Rivet gun & double-offset set. (Standard 1/8" rivet set behind)(
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Rivet remover, Squeezer (+longeron yoke), rivet gun and tungsten (!) bucking bar
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Spoilt rivet hole, after drilling out mis-set rivet
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