I must say, today we made a lot of progress. After school I got straight to work on the rudder stiffeners while I waited for Dad to get home. Once those were all cut to size and rounded off, we moved on to riveting the rear HS spar. These would be the first structural rivets for us to set on the RV. 164 AD4 rivets altogether holding the stiffeners and hinge bra
ckets to the rear spar; and they were all hand squeezed.. the palms of my hands are deeply bruised but it was well worth it! Not one rivet turned out bad! It's truly rewarding to finally see some parts come together. We've also decided that we're going to prime the inside of all of our skins. Though it may add weight, it'll add a lot of protection and it's only one more step. Waiting until we have a torque wrench before we attach the bearing assembly to the rear spar assembly.
ckets to the rear spar; and they were all hand squeezed.. the palms of my hands are deeply bruised but it was well worth it! Not one rivet turned out bad! It's truly rewarding to finally see some parts come together. We've also decided that we're going to prime the inside of all of our skins. Though it may add weight, it'll add a lot of protection and it's only one more step. Waiting until we have a torque wrench before we attach the bearing assembly to the rear spar assembly.
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