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Date:  6-10-2015
Number of Hours:  1.00
Manual Reference:  8-12
Brief Description:  riveting horizontal stabilizer

Blind-riveted the main spar to the nose ribs using LP4-3 blind rivets. The left H-stab went fine, but I ran into a snag on the right side. I didn't properly seat one of the blind rivets before setting it, which resulted in the head being slightly raised above the main spar surface. Then, I made matters worse by failing to keep the drill vertical when I drilled out the bad rivet, which resulted in an enlarged hole in the nose rib.

In order to fill the enlarged hole, I ordered LP4-4 rivets from Van's (which are are longer than the LP4-3s called for in the plans) and will wait for them to arrive before proceeding with anything more on the right H-stab.
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The trouble spot.  The upper clecoindicates the location where the nose rib hole has been elongated

The trouble spot. The upper clecoindicates the location where the nose rib hole has been elongated

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