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Apr 05, 2020 4 started riveting lower outbd l/h wing skin Category: Wings
First thing, mapped the rivet callouts for this skin and marked the runs in sharpie. The rivets vary in length from -3.5 all the way to -5, depending on where it is and how many layers it goes through.

Didn't want to teach any of the fam to rivet/buck on a wing skin, so I debated on whether to try it by myself or wait until I could get a partner over here. Ultimately decided that I could handle it myself if I could get the angle right. Started vertically in the cradle and got the most inbd aft rivets through an inspection hole.

Then had Holly help me lay in flat on the table and peeled the skins back with a couple of strings running up to a convenient hoist I had in the ceiling for removing the hard tp from my jeep. If Wile E Coyote was doing this, it's the sort of contraption he would likely use. Did about 2 more bays this way and really beat up both forearms through the lightening holes, even though I was wearing long sleeves.

Was concerned that maybe the skin was starting to creep downhill toward the trailing edge, so Holly helped me sit it back up in the cradle and everything lined up perfectly again. Did another bay before calling it quits for the evening.


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