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Date:  2-4-2007
Number of Hours:  4.00
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Brief Description:  Finished VS

Today I finsihed the VS I got there early and started working on attaching the rear spar. Before I clecoed it together I inspected the riveting from yesterday. I discovered three rivets that I wanted to replace. Its incredibly difficult to drill out a 3-3.5 rivet without creating an oversized hole. So there are three 4-4 rivets in the VS skin. Riveting the aft spar was pretty easy and smooth. I now have experience at riveting with a hand squeezer, a pneumatic squeezer and the good ol' fashion bucking bar. The bucking bar seemed to turn out the most consistent results followed by the pneumatic squeezer. I am sure with time the pneumatic squeezer will end up giving better results After finishing the VS and taking the final pictures, I laid out the rudder skins and pre-fitted the stiffiners It is Super Bowl Sunday, so I cleaned up the hanger and headed for home.
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Riveting the aft spar to the VS

Riveting the aft spar to the VS

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Final primer

Final primer

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Finsihed VS

Finsihed VS

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