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Bill & Brendas RV-8 QB
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Date:  8-23-2013
Number of Hours:  0.75
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Brief Description:  Redo two rivits in front canopy bow and spacer

First thing this morning while I was fresh and heat in hangar a mere 85 degrees, I drilled out two aacq4-4 rivits becaue I had the wrong spacer configuration in them which caused a noticable dip that really looked to strain that area. I had visions of cracks appearing soon! So I CAREFULLY drilled the heads off and then used a unibit to drill down the body untill clear of plexy then punched into the steel tube. Changed spacers of nylon washers and clecoed and visually double checked before setting the two rivits again. Looks acceptable to me now.
Removed the two canopy rollers to clear the rivit mandrels and debree from drilling from the tubes and reinstall.
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rivits drilled out and a single nylon #6 washer placed under each. Natural curve much better

rivits drilled out and a single nylon #6 washer placed under each. Natural curve much better

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