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RV-7A Construction Log
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Date:  5-20-2009
Number of Hours:  1.00
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Brief Description:  Aft Fuselage - Cleco Together for Riveting 1

I've been on a business trip and am now ready to get back into this building of the RV-7A. Time to rivet the aft fuselage. First I gotta get it clecoed back together. I started with the tail cone and considered riveting it as a separate piece. But I worried that I might want to make adjustments or that it wouldn't fit so I decided to clecoe the whole thing together before riveting anything.

I discovered that the side skins didn't mate to the bottom skin nice and smooth. I even curled the edge. So I had to re-curl the edge again, and I used my seamer to bend that radius on the side skins just a bit more so that the seem to the bottom skin was as flush as possible. I ended up removing clecoes and doing the bottom to the side skins first and getting that seam good. Then I added the rest of the clecoes.
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Cleco the tail cone first

Cleco the tail cone first

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Gap between sides and bottom

Gap between sides and bottom

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Clecoe bottom and sides

Clecoe bottom and sides

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