@Mohammed
Replying here for the benefit of others and future searchers.
You will need drill bits as well as reamers since not all holes are match hole punched. Even on a tight budget I would recommend the
reamers.
Choosing between the two yokes you should choose the
3" standard. Most of what you use a 'squeezer' for is squeezing dimples, over half of the dimples in the plane you will be doing with the squeezer. You do use it for riveting as well, but would not want only the
4" thin nose yoke as you would not be able to use it with dimple dies. All of the rivets that I mentioned could be done with a mushroom set and bucking bar. Also for the trailing edge rivets you can use... (hold your breath everyone... ) pop rivets. This will keep you from buying a thin nose yoke. The MK319 rivets that come with the kit are direct replacements for the 426-3 rivets used in these areas, most builders just prefer not to use them. (still cringing at the backlash from this statement).
We don't stock the
DRDT front end kit, but can source if from EA and include it in your box to save shipping (you can send us other stuff to consolidate too). All of
our kits are really just starting points and
customizable to fit your needs. Unless noise is a factor you should really consider a
standard c-frame tool.
Looking through the
starter kit again (and for the benefit of others again) I notice the
double offset 1/8" cupped rivet set. I don't recall ever using that in an empennage kit of any model. Other readers, could you chime in with your experience here. The first time that I recall that that tool is used is riveting the ribs on to the wing spar??
Finally I really don't like the
drill that is in the kit. We put it in there because the the kit was designed for builders who want to spend as little as possible, but I would rather use an electric drill than that one. Either spend
$150 for the Nova or $0 and use a battery operated drill.
Thanks for the discussion, I think it will help many beginners who are in your same position.
P.S. This was a fun excercise in hyperlinks, anyone that think I overdid it let me know!
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