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March 13, 2004 Measuring where I'm going to drill out the holes to make the VS rear spar stiffener a little lighter. |
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Five holes drilled, two to go.
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| I used a drill press with the 1 1/2 and 2 inch drill bits. I found it helped to clamp the spar down. The white tube is "Boelube" which I used on the drill bit. I can't say for a fact that it helped, but it probably did. | ||
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| After drilling. All that aluminum, just for one hole. | ||
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| All VS spars and ribs are primed with Mar-Hyde. I used a very light coat. Trying to keep the plane light. | ||
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| Time to rivet the stiffener to the rear spar. The lower rivets can be back-riveted, since they are flat and flush. Back-riveting is the best; it's quick and easy, and always comes out perfect. The tape is used to hold the rivets in. | ||
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The rest of the rivets have to be done with the rivet gun since the hand-squeezer won't fit over the spar flange. This is one of the easier rivet gun jobs since everything is easy to get to.
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| Rear spar complete. | ||
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| Next steps were to rivet the ribs to the front spar, then rivet the skin to the front spar/ribs. We did that, and then I clecoed the rear spar on. Now I'll rivet the rear spar on using the main squeeze. | ||
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