13 Aug 08 Riveting

Riveted the HS rear spar to the stiffeners and the hinges brackets to the rear spar.  Squeezed all the rivets for this section, it went very smoothly.  I think the HS-413PP to rear spar rivets should be a little shorter, but the plans call for AN470AD4-5, and a -4 looked a tad too short.  Gotta trust Vans on this one.

I then dug out the bolts, nuts, and washers for the center bearing plate mounting.  I realize I hadn’t enlarged the hole to a #21, so I did that.  Not a big deal, but I was a little surprised I’d missed that step in the directions.

I didn’t take any pictures of the riveting process, but here are some finished product pictures. I know everyone seems to rivet these the other way, with the shop head ‘inside’ the skin. I can’t imagine it makes much of a difference, the shop head of the skin rivets will be right there too.

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