RV-9A: Right Elevator - 12/4/2005
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 Finished dimpling the right elevator main spar assembly
I finished off the dimpling of the E-906 end rib with my Avery vise grip dimpler. I also dimpled the rest of the holes in the right elevator skin.
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 It's Prime Time!
I put on my heavy double filter mask that I got from Lowes (aircraft supply - arr arr) and set up the saw horses with a half sheet of plywood on them in the driveway. I used my Sherwin Williams rattle can primer and sprayed away.
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 Rivet on the 2 E-910 reinforcement plates and K1000-6 nut plates to the spar
If you don't have a pneumatic squeezer.... GET ONE!
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 Riveted the E-903 and E-904 ribs together
I couldn't get the pneumatic rivet squeezer over the rib flanges to get to the rivets, so I took one of the dimple dies out and positioned the squeezer over the flanges. Then I had just enough room to put the dimple die back in so I could use the squeezer.
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 Riveted on the E-913 counterbalance skin on
I started on the front of the skin and worked my way back, leaving the last 6 holes unriveted so I could rivet the counterbalance skin to the elevator skin later.
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 Riveted the WD-605 control horn to the elevator spar assembly
I put my "no-hole" yoke into the pneumatic squeezer and had problems putting in all these rivets.
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 Beautiful end to beautiful day
It was time to rivet on the stiffeners to the top of the elevator skin. Then I realized that I will need help to hold the skin apart to do this part. I decided to quit working and walked out onto the driveway. I looked up and was blown away by this incredible sunset. Ain't life good?
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