Riveting Stiffners on Tailcone

[doctornigel]

I have finished priming all the tail cone rib frames, skins and stiffners and am ready to re-assemble to begin riveting. Is there a reason I cannot assemble the ribs, stiffners and forward bottom skin and rivet at least the stiffners before putting the sides on. I won't rivet the rib frames, just the stiffners. It would certainly be a whole lot easier to do most of the riveting before the sides are on. Am I missing something? Thanks, Nigel

 

[rleffler]

If you look at many of the build sites, many folks have done something similiar because they chose to back rivet everything. It's clearly easier to back rivet the bottom with out the sides attached. However, do rivet the bulkheads and frames at the same time. You really need to have the stiffners going through the bulkheads and frames before you rivet.