(10-20 step 2):
Angela & I had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day holiday at my
mother's house. After returning it was time to get some more work
done… a little here, and a little there, each day after
work. Nothing's happening fast, but I like the way things are
turning out so I'm not complaining. Anyway... as mentioned before
we're back riveting as much of the tailcone as possible. The
first step in riveting the skins is to rivet the stiffeners to the
bottom skin and side skins. The bottom skin was completed last
week, so I'm currently working on the side skins. Now that the
side skins are mated to the assembly it is a bit more awkward to
maneuver around. There's a bit of set up time involved making
sure the row of rivets to be set is completely flat on top of the
backing plate. In addition I would check to make sure every so
often that I was not wandering off the backing plate... that would be
baaaaad! One thing to mention here... I would recommend that if
you're in this to get in the air as fast as possible, back riveting the
skins is not the way to go. If you want the best finish possible,
its definitely the way to go! So anyway... I was able to back
rivet all the side skin stiffeners back to the F-1010 bulkhead.
It gets a little tight back there, but its doable. Now all I have
left to do is the stiffeners on the side skins behind the F-1010
bulkhead. Next time...
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