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Date:  12-29-2020
Number of Hours:  0.50
Manual Reference:  7-10
Brief Description:  Right Wing Bottom Skin #4

Next, it’s time to start the Right outer bottom wing panel. It has it's own set of difficulties, like getting to the double set of rivets that bond the inner skin to the outer skin. Vans plans says to wait and rivet the second row last (the one without the rib) but that looks next to impossible... So, I checked in with my two RV-8 buddy/builders that have already finished this job - Steve and Rob. They came thru again, and both agreed that I could rivet the second row along with the first instead of doing it last. Steve had a friend with a really long bucking bar and Rob did them together as I plan to do. Thanks Steve and Rob - as always!

I also worked up a way to lift the outer wing skin that I think will work out well...we'll see tomorrow.
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