Lindy
4/5/2006
My dad made some time to come over this evening to help me shoot some rivets. I just needed to get something done on these ribs/spars before I leave for Sun N Fun in the morning. I can't believe Sun N Fun is here already!!! Anyway, we riveted the ribs to the main spar on the right wing tonight. They all went very well, and I'm not going to risk drilling out a couple that were driven too far. They are just barely outside the gauge range, and it's just that-a gauge, so I'm not gonna touch 'em. 99% of them are perfect within the gauge.
I don't know why I didn't take a picture of the right wing on the table, but this is where it sat during the rivet session.
Here's a couple of the shop head side...
...and one of the manufactured head side. You put 'em on this side because the driven head should be put on the thicker material side...
...and the right wing without cleco's on the top!
We leave for Sun N Fun around 8:30 or 9 tomorrow morning. Our IFR arrival slot is 1:00pm EST, so we'll take off out of here IFR, and cancel for the VFR arrival as long as it's better than 3000ft and 5mi. I haven't been in four years, so I'm really excited to get back down there, especially as a builder this time! And, Brit is going with me!
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