(10-21 step 5):
So, today I started off by riveting the aft deck to the
longerons. I left the up elevator stop off to allow easier access
to the aft-most rivets. I was able to squeeze all but 2 of the
rivets using a 4" no hole yoke, and a longeron yoke. The 2 rivets
just behind the F-1010 bulkhead are just out of reach of the 4" yoke.
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(10-22 step 1): After
squeezing all of the aft deck to longeron rivets I could, I then
riveted the up elevator stop on using the squeezer. After that I
squeezed the 4 rivets holding the aft deck to the F-1010B spacer and
the F-1010 bulkhead… these were just barely reachable with the
4" yoke. Next up was to rivet the F-1011B stop/doubler but leave
the forward row of rivets open for now. The outer two rivets on
either side of the stop/doubler had to be bucked due to their close
proximity to the protruding horizontal stabilizer attachment bars.
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(10-22 step 2):
The reason the holes on the front of the stop/doubler were left
open was to allow temporarily bolting the attachment bar support angle
to it. Once bolted in place I got to match drill the holes from
the horizontal stabilizer attachment bars to it. Once match
drilled they were opened up to #12 in preparation for AN3 bolts.
Now to their final size, I removed them, deburred and then swabbed the
inside of them with alodine. After that dried, I riveted it to
the deck. Again, the outer 2 rivets on either side needed to be
bucked. We then bucked the remianing 2 longeron rivets and then I
squeezed the three AD3 rivets attaching the aft deck to the F-1012 rear
bulkhead.
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This pic points out the rivets we wound up having to buck.
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Always anxious to move on to new things, Angela decided since
we're getting awefully close to finishing the tailcone that she'd start
unpacking the wing crates. We now have room on the shelves so
maybe we can get these crates off the floor and gain some floorspace!
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(10-21 step 5): The
last thing I did for the night was to attach the F-1009 frame to the
aft deck. Belive it or not I was able to use the squeezer on all
of these rivets. The most outboard rivets proved to be pretty
tight, but with a little care it can be done.
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