January 26, 2007 - Canopy, Wing Bottom Skin
I would end up with slots three times as large as this.
I knew from the Vans Air Force forums that the canopy was frustrating
and so it has been. It's not particularly difficult, it's just that
the progress is glacial. And one gets tired of taking the canopy
off, cutting/trimming, putting the canopy on, taking it off, more
trimming, and so on. I'm getting sick of lifting that thing on and
off!
So it's working out pretty well to take a break from the canopy and do
some riveting on the bottom skin. Tonight we finished the inboard
skin and started on the outboard skins. We started on the rear
spar rivets.
For me, surprisingly, the hardest rivets have been those on the main
spar flange. The nutplates make it difficult to get the bucking
bar squarely on the shop head.
