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Aft fuselage

LettersFromFlyoverCountry

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Anyone have any advice on a logical order of riveting for the aft fuselage?

ON the wings I started on the main spar and worked down and to the outside. Just wondering if there's a generally recognized similar progression on the aft fuselage?

Bob
St. Paul
 
I don't remember the exact sequence we used. It probably doesn't matter too much. I think we started in the middle of the bottom of the bulkheads working outward and then up the sides. Of course you don't rivet all the way up the sides, so you can get the longerons in there later. I'm pretty sure we did the stringers after the bulkheads.

Dave
 
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