28 Dec 08 Vertical Stabilizer skinned

Finished the vertical stabilizer.

With the help of both my brother and my dad, I was able to finish the skinning of the VS. I didn’t take any pictures of the first step, which was to flush rivet the skin to the front spar. This was the part that’s nice to have someone to buck for you.

My brother David proud of his handywork:

I then squeezed most of the rivets to the ribs and rear spar. There were a few i couldn’t get to because the squeezer jaw is a little fat. I may consider buying another yoke and grinding it down for jobs like this.

These were squeezed:

And the final product!

If you’re really observant you’ll notice the drill is out. I did have to drill out a few that were squeezed improperly.

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