(10-20 step 2): Now
the fun part :-) I get to start riveting! I toyed with
multiple ideas on how to do this. The only thing I knew was I
wanted to back rivet as much as possible. Other than that, the
options seemed to be endless! The plans say to cleco basically
the whole assembly back together (less the top skins) prior to
riveting, some say just attach one side skin, while others don't attach
either side skin. Well, for ease of access to the bottom skin
while providing some sort of rigidity during riveting I originally
thought of going the one skin route. However, after seeing the
assembly listing to one side that got me started thinking about
twisting... I'd hate to rivet a slight twist into this thing from the
get go! So then I started thinking the whole enchilada
route! But I REALLY didn't like the idea of having to roll that
whole assembly over, tape a few rivets in, roll it back, rivet, repeat,
etc, etc. Then I realized I was probably over-thinking this
thing, and nothing was getting done! So, I took some string,
temporarily tied the bulkheads and frames into place, and then took the
skin back off. This arrangement proved to be very managable and
didn't suffer from being assymetrically loaded (i.e. twisted). It
was easy to roll it over and tape rivets into place when needed.
Now I just had to be careful and make sure I was on the back-rivet
plate prior to pulling the trigger! Cool... the stiffeners on the
belly skin are now permanantly installed!
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