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Pre-rivet F-704H question.

Desert Rat

Well Known Member
Hey Guys-

In mating up the F-704H to the side skins, The -4 rivets around the spar cutout need to be riveted in place prior to installing the skin since their is no room to buck them after.

page 8-10 of the instructions call out to install the 6 lower rivets aft of the spar cutout and 5 on the fwd side, skipping the lowest one because it's common to the fwd floor skin.

My question comes from the fact that there are actually 7 rivets in each vertical row there. is there any reason not to go ahead and install the upper ones at the same time? The two at the upper most corners of the spar cutout are the ones I'm talking about.
 
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