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Date:  4-12-2008
Number of Hours:  1.00
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Brief Description:  Aileron-Tight rivets

I put the final rivets in the aileron skin to rib at the trailing edge. The clearance there is about 1/4 inch. I used the custom 1/4 inch bucking bar I made earlier (see tools) and was able to get two flush rivets in on top. But there was not enough clearance to get the two bottom rivets in. I forced them and cracked the shop heads. In future if I see this situation again I will use a flush pulled rivet. Trying to smash a flush rivet only dented up my skin.
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Less than 1/4 inch clearance

Less than 1/4 inch clearance

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Use Pulled Rivets in Future

Use Pulled Rivets in Future

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