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21-10 Flaps Finished

Nice quick little job to finish off the flaps … riveting the bottom skins to the ribs.

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The holes have to be final drilled #33 to allow the MK-319-BS blind rivets to fit. I used a reamer to open up the holes.

Solid rivets are used on the end ribs … so be careful not to final drill those ones!!

I used the squeezer for these end rib rivets. The one closest to the TE is a MK-319-BS because there is not enough clearance for the squeezer. But the one next to it is very tight as well … I ended up using Cleaveland’s Thin-Nosed Yoke for this fellow.

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I dipped each rivet in JC5A for corrosion protection.

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Quick and enjoyable session setting these blind rivets with my pneumatic pop riveter.

Flaps finished! I’m planning to temporarily attach them to the wings for safe keeping.

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