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RV-6A - GBC
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Date:  2-6-2007
Number of Hours:  2.50
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Brief Description:  Rudder skin

Clecoed the skin to the substructure (skeleton) after using the edge 'bender' boards on the TE. Also went in again on the TE of the stiffeners and working them slightly to avoid them deforming the skin when squeezed. It appeared that the stiffeners were a 'hair' too high on the TE ends.

The TE is NOT squeezing down as clean as hoped and springback is keeping me from an acceptable TE shape. See next entry for some 'shape photos' - the results.

DID NOT commit to this assembly yet, and so the "daub" of RTV is still to be added to the TE of the stiffeners. May do a little adjustment on the edge bender boards and try again.

Photo #2 shows those scuffs from the back rivet plate - before being 'deburred' and Photo #3 shows the wrinkle in the TE when I dropped the skin during dimpling - it's on the edge to the left of the S (in AMS). Didn't want to make it worse by trying to 'work it out' without guidance.
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Chking rivets

Chking rivets

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Backrivet plate scuffs

Backrivet plate scuffs

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TE wrinkle

TE wrinkle

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