Tonight was the first night of riveting for my build! All in all it went well, minus the middle nose ribs of the horizontal stabilizer. How anyone has small enough hands to hold a bucking bar in there for the foremost rivet is beyond me. I managed to do it tap by tap, but I’m glad this part of the build will forever be hidden. Ugly!
One of my problems with the nose ribs was that I couldn’t get clecos to stay in and hold things together. Is that normal for post-dimpled holes? They are okay on parts with no tension, but any parts that need to be pulled together a bit (like the nose rib and skin) just makes them pop out. Is this normal?
One of my problems with the nose ribs was that I couldn’t get clecos to stay in and hold things together. Is that normal for post-dimpled holes? They are okay on parts with no tension, but any parts that need to be pulled together a bit (like the nose rib and skin) just makes them pop out. Is this normal?