Lindy
4/11/2006
Well, Sun N Fun is over, and we made it back with only minor sunburns (well, I did...Brit burned her neck pretty good). I was a good show, and I talked to the engine and tool people that I wanted to. Choices to be made...
I had my friend Rob Johnson pickup my order from Van's while I was gone. The one on top is the flop tube (for inverted flight), and the lower one is the regular pickup tube.
I got back in to the shop tonight after taking it easy last night. My dad came over again to help rivet the left main spar and ribs.
He helped me move the spar back to the stand, and he bolted to go home and grill a couple steaks! Man! I'm stuck with Mickey D's tonight :( I then cleco'd the rear spars on to the ribs, and realized I had some dimpling to do before I rivet the rear spar in place. After that, I studied the plans carefully. This is a must at this point because several of the holes do not get rivets right now. They are filled later when the aileron and flap brackets are installed. This took longer than I thought it would, but I got to use my new longeron (flange) yoke in the pneumatic squeezer that I purchased at Sun N Fun! Would've been nice to have this yoke earlier, but they want an arm and half a leg for 'em!!! $115 on sale was a deal!
This went very well, and I'm very pleased with all of the rivets set tonight! Brit came home just in time to snap a couple of pics of me sitting on the dirty floor...
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