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Date:  3-11-2018
Number of Hours:  12.00
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Brief Description:  Top skin on the right wing

After finishing the left wing, I moved on to the right wing. I was about 400-500 rivets in before I made a single mistake. Then two rivets later, another goof. SO, I went in the house for a while.

I found the Vans rivet call outs were a little short for some of the heavier layers. Adding 0.5 mm seemed to give a better shop head.

I bought a long reach back rivet set to get past the depth of the ribs. I would not attempt the wing without it. Back riveting is the only way to go. Not perfect, at least from the operator stand point. No way would I attempt the wings without that set. I also polished out a 1 1/5 x 1 1/2 x 3 block of steel to use a bucking bar. If doing the riveting by oneself, the big surface helps position the bucking bar behind the rivet.

If doing the riveting with a partner, I guess about 25% faster, and few if any mistakes would happen.
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forest of clecos

forest of clecos

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in the process of riveting

in the process of riveting

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riveting completed

riveting completed

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