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RV-10 Project - N786PS
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Date: 9-23-2007
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Number of Hours: 3.00
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Brief Description: Re-Skin of the VS
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So I decided to go ahead and use my new VS skin instead on using the original one. The original one had the RV-10 bump around the nose ribs, not to mention several other love marks.
They could have been repaired, but I just wouldn't feel right installing a beat up skin on a part when I've got a brand new one sitting in reserve.
Today I deburred the edges of the skin, drilled the appropriate holed out to #40, deburred them, and then dimpled the correct holes with a 3/32" dimple die on the DRDT-2.
There are a couple of holes that you can not reach with a C-Frame or DRDT-2. Last time I tried to reach them with the dimpler and I really just messed the skin up more. This time I only dimpled those that I could easily access and used a pop-rivet dimpler to get those impossible holes.
Tomorrow, I'll clean, alodine, and prime the interior of the skin. I may even have a chance to cleco it to the skeleton and drive some rivets.
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Dimpling the skin. With the DRDT-2, this is easy
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I REALLY took care of the skins surface this time. (As you can tell from the nice clean reflection)
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Moving the skins can be awkward, take your time. (The shops isn't as cluttered as the photo appears.)
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