Just a quick bit of work tonight to attach the two inboard nose ribs to the front spar as well as the inboard main ribs. This entails riveting the left and right HS-00005 and HS-00006 pieces to the front spar assembly. This requires fairly long -4 rivets to accomplish this as there are several parts stacked on top of one another so the length is required to get through all those parts. So 8 rivets in total in a very tight spot.

A month ago I would have probably messed this up trying to get in this tight space and set really bad rivets. Patience and a little planning and it actually was fairly easy to do. The instructions tell you to gently bend the nose ribs to allow access to these rivets which is exactly what I did. I also set the rivets from front to back which was the logical way to accomplish this step. If 'learning' is defined as modification of a behavioral tendency by experience, then I am getting more savvy with each step of the build.

A little piece of wire (from those little marker flags they stick in your yard to mark utilities) to hold the rib off to the side and these 8 rivets were fairly easy to set. I managed to set all of them without screwing any up, a first for me. Getting better every time!

Inboard ribs attached and ready for the next step.