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Head scratching time again

The instructions say to: "Pre-rivet the F-904H Center Section Side Plate to the F-970 skin. A few key rivets are set at this time, because they will be very difficult to reach when the skin is installed on the fuselage. These rivets are right next to the spar entry cut-out. Set the upper five rivets forward of the spar cut-out, leaving the lowest one open .. it will be riveted when the skin goes on. Set the six rivets aft of the spar cut-out." As you can see on the center section side plate, there are 7 rivet holes forward and 6 holes aft. So if you leave the bottom hole unriveted on the forward side, that leaves 6 rivets to be set on both the fore and aft side. Picky picky...

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