Back Riveting Stiffeners After the usual JC5A on the contact surfaces, the main aim is NOT to miss the back riveting plate! But it’s a straightforward little job, taking care not to get overconfident and…
The manual suggests that you cleco the bottom skin in place and check for unwanted twist by placing a digital level on the rear side of the hinge assemblies. But I found it very hard…
Dimpling While waiting for my rivet partner Tim to have some time available to help with the flaps, I’m pressing on with the ailerons. I dimpled the skin stiffener holes ready for priming. The manual…
Tim helped out today with riveting the Flap Nose & Top Skins. Thinking ahead to this stage, and also later on for the fuselage, I had purchased another Tungsten Bucking Bar. This was it’s first…
The nose ribs, spar and nose skin are clecoed together whilst positioning the stainless steel counterbalance in position. I found that Vans had supplied the tube already cut to the required length, so that saved…
I’m waiting for Tim, my riveting helper : ), to have some spare time to help out with the flaps. So in the interim, to keep things moving on, I deburred all the Aileron components….