Today we started riveting the front HS spar to the 710 Reinforcement angle and 714 Splice angle. This turned out very nice and gave us a chance to start using the rivet gun. Once the front HS spar was riveted together we began removing the film from the rudder skins with our soldering iron so we could start priming them, we also got the films removed from the HS stab skins as well. We didn't prime the skins today though, the Santa Anas began to blow and made for inadequate priming weather. But this step should be under way tomorrow, until then, they'll be sitting deburred and ready. We also started riveting the rear VS spar together. We only set about 30 rivets though, my hands weren't going to take the squeezing anymore. Hmmm, if only we had a pneumatic squeezer? Nah, we're trying to save money.
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