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Date:  9-9-2009
Number of Hours:  0.00
Manual Reference:  8-33
Brief Description:  Riveting the fuselage and skins upright

I have nothing to report on the riveting of the fuslage after it was all primed.

I solo bucked virtually all the side skins and bulkheads/longerons. A few drill outs but nothing major.

Whilst rivetting the rudder fairlead fairing I discovered a way of rivetting close to skin joints. This tip is in the Tips section of this log .

Solo rivetted as much as I can now so with the help of our neighbour Robert, my wife Jill and son Robin we flipped the fuselage ready for the remainder of the riveting. A major milestone that you see in other projects - so a great feeling, a little project victory today (27 Sep 2009).
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Ready for rivetting the skins

Ready for rivetting the skins

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One big hedgehog

One big hedgehog

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Solo riveted and flipped

Solo riveted and flipped

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