February 24, 2006 - Riveting Canopy Decks |
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| I was just about to rivet the canopy decks to the longeron when it occurred to me that I should rivet the side skin to the longeron first. I studied the drawings carefully and could find no reason not to, so I did. I was able to do most rivets with the hand squeezer. Then I riveted the canopy decks to the longeron. There are a couple of holes that I can't get bucking bar access so I'll pop-rivet them. I have to order some pop-rivets with longer shanks though. | ||||||
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The right side. You may have noticed I hadn't riveted the side
skins to the longerons on this side, so I went back and did that.
It wasn't a overly difficult, but I can tell you it is easier and faster
to squeeze them than shoot them. Do yourself a favor and rivet the
side skins before the canopy decks!
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