January 27, 2005 - Right Flap
Riveting the reinforcer to the end rib.
I inserted the cleco-togethered flap into the jib, then removed the spar.  It's time to rivet.  this is the outboard end. 
This is looking at the flap from the inboard side. 
Riveting the skins to the ribs and skin overlap wasn't particular difficult this time, as I had learned and refined a the process from the left flap.  The key was my homemade rectangular bucking bar.  Still, it is some of the more challenging riveting I have done on the project.  A lot of rivets had to be shot holding the gun in my left hand and bucking bar in right. 
 
Then I inserted the spar and riveted the skins and hinge to it.  The bottom skin to spar-hinge could be hand-squeezed which was nice. 
The final step was to pop-rivet the spar reinforcer to the end rib and then rivet the reinforcers together. 
Whoops!  My pop-rivet squeezer with the left side grinded off isn't going to work on this right flap.  The only thing I can think of is buy another sacrificial pop-rivet squeezer and file the RIGHT side off of it. 
 
Previous
Home
Next