Today I work with my Dad again, because I don’t see how I could rivet these parts by myself. With the Center section positioned correctly in relation to the Tail section we can start riveting. There are several layers of Skin and Ribs, they are all dimpled and should go […]
Important milestone is marrying the center to the tail section. The tail is on one table, where the center is on the other table. I can roll the center section towards the tail section. Both tables can roll, so it’s easier to maneuver them. The baggage ribs need to go […]
Although may goal was to start working on the center section, I still had to rivet part of the tail cone. Since my dad had some time, we started with that first. Many rivets at the end of the tail cone could be set with the squeezer, but those deeper […]
Since the surface area of the tail skin is quite large, it took a considerable amount of time (and paint) to get it primed. In the evening I took an hour cleco everything together. All the parts are dimpled, even the J-channels. The bottom cleco’s are harder to set. Last […]
With all the rivet holes of the tail side skins and the J-channels match-drilled, I can now dimple the skins, J-channels and bulkheads and prepare them for priming. I use the DRDT-2 for the big area’s and the squeezer for the edges I cannot reach (because of he form of […]
Some big Skin parts of the tail part of the Fuselage are going to be match-drilled today. The nice part of these “big parts” is that it seems as great progress. Once the Bulkheads are clecoed to the bottom skin, I can insert the J-channels (stringers) in the Bulkheads and […]