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Michaels Web Site
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Date: 12-3-2023
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Number of Hours: 3.25
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Brief Description: Bottom skins
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I finished the bottom, inboard skin of the right wing. Once past the tightly spaced inner ribs, the rest were more accessible.
To move things along quicker, I found I liked to set alternating rivets and clecos, and hold the rivets in place with back-rivet-tape. That kept them in place while riveting the others, and also kept me from accidentally popping a rivet out when fishing around the back side with the bucking bar.
After finishing the right wing, I went onto the left wing, and set about 30 rivets. These were the ones that seemed nearly impossible to do with even 2 people, and trying to do it with 1 person just isn't possible, right? Well, somehow I did (as others have done). It was stil NOT easy, and at times was quite painful, but I'm into the "easier rivets, now.
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Back rivet tape to hold rivets
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Right, inboard, bottom skin complete
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30 rivets stared in the left wing
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