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Date:  12-22-2013
Number of Hours:  2.00
Manual Reference:  7-11
Brief Description:  continued riveting the right aileron

I continued to rivet the right aileron. The top of the skins/spar are done with solid flush rivets because it's the visual side. Unfortunately, after you seal the top, the bottom is unaccessible so you are left to use blind rivets. It is also a bit of a tight squeeze to get the top section set. It was actually pretty painful getting the rivets set. I used the shirts, shoved under the skinsto open up a little more room, but it was still tight - you can picture what it was like looking at the 1st picture. That is my temperary cradle used to hold the aileron. It's just 2 2x4's clamped to the work bench, but it works. The side you are able to see is unattached so that the bucking bar can be inserted to rivet the top (seen in picture 2). It took a while, was painfue, but it's done now...
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sitting in the temp. cradle

sitting in the temp. cradle

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temp cradle 2.0

temp cradle 2.0

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ribs and top skin/spar done

ribs and top skin/spar done

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