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RV-7A Construction Log
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Date:  8-26-2010
Number of Hours:  1.00
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Brief Description:  Rivet Frame Together 3: Fwd Top Skin

I put the pulled (pop) rivets in the aft row of holes and fastened the skin to the tube of the frame. I was a little worried the pop rivets shop head would be too small to hold because the holes in the tube seemed kinda big. But no problem, they held find.

I put in my spacers and used -6 and -5 cherry max rivets to hold them in. One hold was too far away to even reach with a -6 cherry max, so I put a pop rivet to no-where in that hole. -6 are the longest pop rivets I could find. The skin is totally stiff in this area and I don't think missing one rivet will matter at all. I've seen other airplanes where two and three of these rivets are left off.
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Pulled rivets going in

Pulled rivets going in

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Cherry Max rivets with spacers

Cherry Max rivets with spacers

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One rivet to no-where

One rivet to no-where

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