Date:	11-10-2011
Number of Hours:	0.50
Brief Description:	Special cherry rivets received
The rivets that fasten the forward fuselage top skin, the side skins, the upper longerons, and the gear towers are very hard to buck. You have to get a bar up in the top of the towers by reaching in through the lightening holes in the tower assemblies. I decided that would be too difficult so I ordered some Cherry rivets that have a 1/8" body but a flush head that would normally be found on the 3/32" rivets. My plan is to drill the holes out to #30 and install the blind rivets. There will be six in each of the towers. The mandrel apparently snaps off at the surface of the rivet head filling the void. I think this will provide a decent appearance and will be much easier to install.